How to Install and Uninstall milter-greylist Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "milter-greylist" package

This is a short guide on how to install milter-greylist on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                milter-greylist
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "milter-greylist" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall milter-greylist on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                milter-greylist
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the milter-greylist package on Kali Linux

Package: milter-greylist
Source: milter-greylist (4.6.4-3)
Version: 4.6.4-3+b1
Installed-Size: 372
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.2), libmilter1.0.1, libopendkim11 (>= 2.11.0~alpha), libspf2-2, init-system-helpers (>= 1.51), adduser (>= 3.11)
Recommends: sendmail | postfix
Size: 149580
SHA256: ed98c035320e11cc24080fb09342c8814e123c29d69e7e20942945dcfff9df8d
SHA1: ff8414e555a34f467194a789f10984495477ae04
MD5sum: a3df4b389fa18029c71bbd95434d1c7a
Description: Greylist milter for sendmail
milter-greylist is a stand-alone milter written in C that implements the
greylist filtering method, as proposed by Evan Harris.
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Greylisting works by assuming that unlike legitimate MTA, spam engines will
not retry sending their junk mail on a temporary error. The filter will
always temporarily reject mail on a first attempt, and to accept it after
some time has elapsed.
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If spammers ever try to resend rejected messages, we can assume they will not
stay idle between the two sends (if they do, the spam problem would just be
solved). Odds are good that the spammer will send a mail to an honey pot
address and get blacklisted in several real-time distributed black list
before the second attempt.
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://hcpnet.free.fr/milter-greylist/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, mail::filters, mail::smtp,
network::server, protocol::ip, protocol::smtp, role::program,
scope::utility, use::scanning, works-with::db, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/milter-greylist/milter-greylist_4.6.4-3+b1_amd64.deb