How to Install and Uninstall msmtp-mta Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "msmtp-mta" package

Please follow the steps below to install msmtp-mta on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                msmtp-mta
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "msmtp-mta" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall msmtp-mta on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                msmtp-mta
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the msmtp-mta package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: msmtp-mta
Architecture: all
Version: 1.6.6-1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/mail
Source: msmtp
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Emmanuel Bouthenot
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 29
Provides: mail-transport-agent
Depends: msmtp
Conflicts: mail-transport-agent
Replaces: mail-transport-agent
Filename: pool/universe/m/msmtp/msmtp-mta_1.6.6-1_all.deb
Size: 4628
MD5sum: a72d7b7edd7365963aec008c70eb8443
SHA1: fc7144fee0bbe53a6e951728304546b91161c806
SHA256: 6cd12b71cd39d42691f77557a4893178df79ed5450cba39accc8b185875829b2
Homepage: http://msmtp.sourceforge.net/
Description: light SMTP client with support for server profiles - the regular MTA
Description-md5: 4936ddc7256dfa75acad872ce67db0bc