How to Install and Uninstall sortmail Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "sortmail" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install sortmail on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                sortmail
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "sortmail" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall sortmail on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                sortmail
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the sortmail package on Kali Linux

Package: sortmail
Version: 1:2.4-5
Installed-Size: 126
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libgdbm-compat4 (>= 1.16)
Size: 54880
SHA256: 15343f4931fc029181598711f668a90cb92b2f6846f11d37a08952e3543162f6
SHA1: 64970c69991b1eaf1b2936490e55752237efc33b
MD5sum: 624ea014db7076d501515a61ac1463af
Description: simple mail sorter
Sortmail is a simple mail sorter you can use in your .forward to sort
your mail into folders automatically, delete unwanted mail, etc.
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Sortmail process incoming email, classify it, and process it accordingly.
Sortmail can handle incoming email as it arrives, or download from a POP
server. Sortmail is easier to configure than procmail, and can replace
fetchmail. Sortmail uses config files which are similar to rn KILLfiles.
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Full features list:
- Process email delivered via SMPT, or downloaded via POP or IMAP.
- Post-process an existing mail folder.
- Select messages based on specific header lines, based on the entire
header, or even the message body.
- File messages to folders, send to inbox, forward to other email
addresses, append to digest, pipe through shell command or just junk
them.
- Regular expression matching or IP address range matching.
- Full boolean expressions of any complexity.
- Basic mailing-list processing functionality.
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://sortmail.sourceforge.net/
Tag: mail::filters, role::program, scope::utility, use::organizing,
works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/sortmail/sortmail_2.4-5_amd64.deb