December 2023 Security Space Mail (MX) Server Survey
by hubie from SoylentNews on (#6HEY1)
canopic jug writes:
At the beginning of this month, Security Space published a comprehensive survey of all mail servers visible on the Internet. Out of some 1.2 million servers polled only about 600 thousand produce identifiable header information, and of those over 93% are either Exim or Postfix. Then old Sendmail weighs in at just over 3% and that is followed by a very long tail of a great many all under 1% each.
| Description | Number of Servers | Percent |
| Total Number of MX Servers Queried | 1,201,857 | 100.0% |
| Number of Servers that didn't respond | 232,027 | 19.31% |
| Server didn't open socket | 229,110 | 19.06% |
| Server didn't provide banner | 2,917 | 0.24% |
| Server provided banner | 969,830 | 80.69% |
| Server banner identifies software in use | 609,378 | 50.70% |
See below for a breakdown by type.
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