How to Install and Uninstall greylistd Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "greylistd" package

Please follow the guidance below to install greylistd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall greylistd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                greylistd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the greylistd package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: greylistd
Priority: optional
Section: universe/mail
Installed-Size: 159
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Thorsten Alteholz
Architecture: all
Version: 0.8.8.6
Depends: python, python:any (>= 2.3~), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, adduser
Recommends: exim4
Filename: pool/universe/g/greylistd/greylistd_0.8.8.6_all.deb
Size: 49002
MD5sum: c89e70389ab4b53843c9473e6ff56b21
SHA1: bf185a139eca95080786ee44c5d0a73be07146e5
SHA256: 1b890713c035f3e3cd9ac8867f5523ff743e258265e26aa4185970e3500d26eb
Description-en: Greylisting daemon for use with Exim 4
This daemon provides a simple greylisting implementation for use with
the Exim Mail Transport Agent (MTA), version 4.
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Once installed, you will need to configure your MTA to query the
greylistd server. This package contains a script to automatically
configure Exim 4. It may be possible to use greylistd with other MTAs
as well. Postfix users may want to check out the "postgrey" package
instead of this one.
Description-md5: 56c43d08488e8d5d2e49ec502ed506c6
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu