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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "proxsmtp" package

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


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall proxsmtp on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: proxsmtp
Priority: optional
Section: universe/mail
Installed-Size: 120
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.10-2.1
Depends: dpkg (>= 1.10.11), lsb-base, libc6 (>= 2.15), libcap2 (>= 2.10)
Recommends: postfix | mail-transport-agent
Filename: pool/universe/p/proxsmtp/proxsmtp_1.10-2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 32626
MD5sum: 5ec27d7c7ed0a38e86e39ed4b4fb44bd
SHA1: a2ffcbed1da9613b20a15420d73323b6e06c8e60
SHA256: 6309bea4459a207841147c2c0f83883d137576e27779f9396c0aabb42e8f0dc8
Description-en: multi purpose SMTP Proxy
ProxSMTP is a flexible tool that allows you to reject, change or log email
based on arbitrary critera. It accepts SMTP connections and forwards the SMTP
commands and responses to another SMTP server. The 'DATA' email body is
intercepted and filtered before forwarding.
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You need to be able to write the filtering scripts that integrate it with your
particular needs. If you're looking for something that does virus filtering,
take a look at ClamSMTP which behaves similarly and uses a similar code base.
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You do not need a local mail-transport-agent installed, since this server can
forward to a remote one.
Description-md5: 389351b21c04ea291ba17d1690f4adbd
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu