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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "procmail" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install procmail on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall procmail on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: procmail
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.22-26build1
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 319
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: default-mta | mail-transport-agent | fetchmail
Filename: pool/main/p/procmail/procmail_3.22-26build1_amd64.deb
Size: 149518
MD5sum: 07d564f0ba5f82fffdeb33ce13eb4ecc
SHA1: 4f883db47fd1900e37191e00f733cdad3c58f66e
SHA256: d9c6cf00ab921f46946089af9d7567e134739e8372a3287ce7fd09ee5daf6f8b
SHA512: 8aed313bf4c4659ee8bd99c4dde415978f0a3fe7d5ce4553213516a210e548e989fa3aed2d70db01f99a52c6fc140a24b2e8643ed5bb309e38a50f57d68e11a5
Homepage: http://www.procmail.org/
Description-en: Versatile e-mail processor
Can be used to create mail-servers, mailing lists, sort your incoming
mail into separate folders/files (very convenient when subscribing to one
or more mailing lists or for prioritising your mail), preprocess your
mail, start any programs upon mail arrival (e.g. to generate different
chimes on your workstation for different types of mail) or selectively
forward certain incoming mail automatically to someone.
Description-md5: 5fe1752f436b234d8c33cb0e7484299f
Task: mail-server