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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "ssmtp" package

Please follow the guidance below to install ssmtp on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall ssmtp on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: ssmtp
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.64-9
Priority: extra
Section: universe/mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2
Provides: mail-transport-agent
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgnutls-openssl27 (>= 3.6.11-0), debconf | debconf-2.0
Conflicts: mail-transport-agent
Replaces: mail-transport-agent
Filename: pool/universe/s/ssmtp/ssmtp_2.64-9_amd64.deb
Size: 41344
MD5sum: 8e1a1f32a36574618afed876c1578a6a
SHA1: 08b4716d0a2092480d9b92b46888205e9258e3b1
SHA256: 4ab32393e9359afbf9e1606d44116feb8eb20c5867e0da8b9f35baf6de6a4b02
SHA512: 2a0be49a915fb52b551e70972901581869ce5d8331f6ab76ce8617a3f27b94069ae3f9ca956963a432dcce262d84e73316c95a80c4e3c5ed8cf21ee42ad13ff3
Homepage: https://packages.debian.org/source/unstable/ssmtp
Description-en: extremely simple MTA to get mail off the system to a mail hub
A secure, effective and simple way of getting mail off a system to your
mail hub. It contains no suid-binaries or other dangerous things - no mail
spool to poke around in, and no daemons running in the background. Mail is
simply forwarded to the configured mailhost. Extremely easy configuration.
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WARNING: the above is all it does; it does not receive mail, expand aliases
or manage a queue. That belongs on a mail hub with a system administrator.
Description-md5: 1a0ad197e535fe60ac8fbc4d6ec74458