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

Last updated: November 21,2024

1. Install "rmail" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install rmail on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall rmail on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: rmail
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.15.2-22ubuntu2
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: 318
Depends: sendmail-bin | mail-transport-agent, libc6 (>= 2.33), libldap-2.5-0 (>= 2.5.4)
Conflicts: courier-mta, exim, exim-tls, exim4, exim4-daemon-custom, exim4-daemon-heavy, exim4-daemon-light, masqmail, postfix, smail, zmailer
Filename: pool/universe/s/sendmail/rmail_8.15.2-22ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 34476
MD5sum: b24ac052850d9ec397927cb8da904cfd
SHA1: f5196b429ce719cb9ee2432d8b84105828928786
SHA256: 0884b21616e2677cfeea1c552a71554f0980977c3900c6d7e0429af340ca0939
SHA512: 00eb7098371a5b1b36a51e9ee359b15516fbab9f5a784ed0323c26be8dee5fbd9ff0251ede78d5d2e24586c96397c159c0ea00ffc0d6051711cc8b4a30e452ac
Homepage: http://www.sendmail.org
Description-en: MTA->UUCP remote mail handler
Rmail handles mail received via uucp and passes it to the local
sendmail (or workalike).
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This version comes from the sendmail source package and the only
change is the call to sendmail (from -obq to -obi).
Description-md5: 5999f32ca68d0cb331555bc479168fd4