How to Install and Uninstall fastforward Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "fastforward" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install fastforward on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall fastforward on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fastforward
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fastforward package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: fastforward
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:0.51-6
Priority: extra
Section: universe/mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 257
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Recommends: qmail (>> 1.06)
Filename: pool/universe/f/fastforward/fastforward_0.51-6_amd64.deb
Size: 51828
MD5sum: 8017a0e7e1f630ac7e2839cd2ecdfd7f
SHA1: 4088cd1c97c7aa860e6255d110ff664cf4479fe9
SHA256: 08144ee0689457beb18c3a577774dc4c88588150eb45eab5983cbe1b703d0615
SHA512: d472a6e807f5b81707cd7d40ab28283f9b0409d6122be0f280af12a9c9c58e075d745fd2aa582d70c15bf565b543e5cdccba832c09da29f175c5efe53bd9c9a3
Homepage: http://cr.yp.to/software/fastforward.html
Description-en: handles qmail forwarding according to a cdb database
It can create forwarding databases from a sendmail-style /etc/aliases or
from user-oriented virtual-domain tables.
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fastforward supports external mailing lists, stored in a binary format for
fast access. It has a tool to convert sendmail-style include files into
binary lists.
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fastforward is more reliable than sendmail. sendmail can't deal with long
aliases, or deeply nested aliases, or deeply nested include files;
fastforward has no limits other than memory. sendmail can produce corrupted
alias files if the system crashes; fastforward is crashproof.
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fastforward's database-building tools are much faster than sendmail's
newaliases. Even better, fastforward deliveries don't pause while the
database is being rebuilt.
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fastforward does not support insecure sendmail-style program deliveries from
include files; you can use qmail's secure built-in mechanisms instead.
fastforward does support program deliveries from /etc/aliases.
Description-md5: e93c346365a08d33be7f38f1f698d328