How to Install and Uninstall maildrop Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "maildrop" package

Please follow the guidance below to install maildrop on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall maildrop on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                maildrop
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the maildrop package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: maildrop
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.9.3-2build2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Josip Rodin
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1159
Depends: courier-authlib (>= 0.66.4-5~), libc6 (>= 2.15), libcourier-unicode4 (>= 1.4), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgdbm6 (>= 1.16), libpcre3, libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Recommends: exim4 | mail-transport-agent
Breaks: courier-maildrop (<< 2.8.3+0.75.0-15~)
Replaces: courier-base (<= 0.58.0-1), courier-maildrop (<< 2.8.3+0.75.0-15~)
Filename: pool/universe/m/maildrop/maildrop_2.9.3-2build2_amd64.deb
Size: 320300
MD5sum: d035eb4da713298189de8da0041b42e3
SHA1: e5c44a4b0c3e00da5fcae40fa2f82e02bc569dc7
SHA256: f5d39bef9e718bab3b48f43b14157f8de9f1809dd57b9a06135ba05a6ee572ca
SHA512: 17e980272dcbb77d99743f75ef19271c2daed5bce4e3df9788505ea3b09bc51fac012d5984b2a67181cb3d080cddc381cdcd0c8cfbaa550ba692f28f54e47f98
Homepage: http://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/
Description-en: mail delivery agent with filtering abilities (set-GID=mail)
maildrop is a mail delivery agent (MDA), a program which reads a mail
message from standard input and then delivers the message to your mailbox.
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maildrop can deliver mail both in mbox and maildir storing formats.
It can read instructions from a file, directing it how to log deliveries,
and how to filter incoming mail, for example to deliver mail to alternate
mailboxes, or forward it somewhere else, or pipe it through external
programs.
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It performs all the same functions as procmail, but unlike procmail,
maildrop uses a structured filtering language which is a bit easier
on the eyes. Other differences from procmail include not skipping syntax
errors in filter files (instead deferring the mails for later processing)
and being more resource-efficient when processing mails (not loading
large messages right into memory).
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maildrop in this package sets its permission to "rwxr-sr-x" (set-GID)
and is owned by "root:mail".
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maildrop also comes with the following additional programs:
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* reformail, an e-mail reformatting tool, which can detect duplicate
messages, manipulate message headers, split mailboxes into
individual messages, and generate autoreply messages
* maildirmake, which creates maildirs, and maildir folders
* deliverquota, which delivers mail to maildirs while taking account
software-imposed quotas
* reformime, a utility for reformatting MIME messages
* makemime, which creates MIME-formatted messages of arbitrary complexity
* lockmail, which creates dot-locks, file locks, and C-Client folder locks
* mailbot, a MIME-aware autoresponder utility
Description-md5: eda875822ffffaedfbf2564b0e457648