How to Install and Uninstall rmail Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "rmail" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install rmail on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall rmail on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                rmail
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the rmail package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: rmail
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.15.2-20
Priority: extra
Section: universe/mail
Source: sendmail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 317
Depends: sendmail-bin | mail-transport-agent, libc6 (>= 2.15), libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.7)
Conflicts: courier-mta, exim, exim-tls, exim4, exim4-daemon-custom, exim4-daemon-heavy, exim4-daemon-light, masqmail, postfix, smail, zmailer
Filename: pool/universe/s/sendmail/rmail_8.15.2-20_amd64.deb
Size: 34648
MD5sum: 09de622afcd240d431101ae6775ef7f7
SHA1: a255a89dc33ab0b7025baf5e89bb4c518a0336ac
SHA256: 811ec906c162b5c932ad9c11d880262e686354480f624fde291461e8b9a041b7
SHA512: 172bdbb765ebc7659db3f2ff774a57951253ed90b130da5a44aed0ff62b4d4da88e1592d2d1e852196c211467917e6017450cd2d31841a1dea7bed70621da72e
Homepage: http://www.sendmail.org
Description-en: MTA->UUCP remote mail handler
Rmail handles mail received via uucp and passes it to the local
sendmail (or workalike).
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This version comes from the sendmail source package and the only
change is the call to sendmail (from -obq to -obi).
Description-md5: 5999f32ca68d0cb331555bc479168fd4