How to Install and Uninstall sensible-mda Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "sensible-mda" package

Please follow the instructions below to install sensible-mda on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                sensible-mda
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "sensible-mda" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall sensible-mda on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: sensible-mda
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: 250
Depends: sendmail-bin | mail-transport-agent, procmail | maildrop | deliver, libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.15.2-20_amd64.deb
Size: 8576
MD5sum: 51b54e0f5cd1f29b815df8cb1cf0ce18
SHA1: 4cd1ed26f770b663ca5ddb59419353c84bc359f6
SHA256: 9c09fbfb328bdce4e8e6addf2abb5d5af594be203ff1fbf7ad059078bc2b6f6d
SHA512: 44180e10e27a22b3a498d9da714f4f37f83e9d1dd5b579460290fecbb6f946b0d7ee89098326668ca6602443306563802b8ab6ce3a0efa47c0bed0d173da5711
Homepage: http://www.sendmail.org
Description-en: Mail Delivery Agent wrapper
Sensible-mda is a Debian addition in the sendmail package and has been
split out in hopes that it might be useful for other MTA packages.
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Sensible-mda is called by the MTA, and will in turn call whichever of
the following MDAs that it finds (in this order):
procmail, maildrop, deliver, mail.local
Description-md5: bea515eec8582f9eac6796d823698ba5