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Project Summary

Exim is a message transfer agent (MTA) developed for Unix systems connected to the Internet. It is similar to Smail 3, but expands on Smail features.

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email mail mail-transfert-agent mail_transport_agents mta server smtp tarpit

In a Nutshell, Exim...

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has had 6,690 commits made by 109 contributors
representing 144,214 lines of code
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is mostly written in C
with a well-commented source code
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a large development team
with stable Y-O-Y commits
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took an estimated 37 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in October, 2004
ending with its most recent commit 1 day ago

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Languages

C	85%
Perl	9%
16 Other	6%

30 Day Summary

Aug 14 2025 — Sep 13 2025

28 Commits
3 Contributors

12 Month Summary

Sep 13 2024 — Sep 13 2025

292 Commits
Down -49 (14%) from previous 12 months
11 Contributors
Down -6 (35%) from previous 12 months

Most Recent Contributors

	Andreas Metzler		Jeremy Harris
	Gedalya		...nn (HS12-RIPE)
	u34		Andrew Aitchison

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