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

Last updated: October 05,2024

1. Install "qmail" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install qmail on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: qmail
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.06-6.2~deb10u1build0.16.04.1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/mail
Source: netqmail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Gerrit Pape
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1381
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), qmail-uids-gids (>> 1.06)
Recommends: qmail-run (>= 2.0.0)
Suggests: fastforward, dot-forward, qmail-tools
Filename: pool/universe/n/netqmail/qmail_1.06-6.2~deb10u1build0.16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 251864
MD5sum: 98509c4cf61df0ec070fb6bd34d61eae
SHA1: 09aad6fd052bba3b94b37a740cd65b5d19640d0b
SHA256: 7be611396d0243599feaed9349580b7305b92ac6768db2e64ff6c297f59652f1
SHA512: a3147802ec02871c4ec223e808a5fcba019f51dd64de39c05a27f14597cd42c4fb15a250a7fd6fa7a2ce69f4d5028ca5f9a3e08eb3121069a519135c446dc71f
Description-en: a secure, reliable, efficient, simple message transfer agent
qmail is meant as a replacement for the entire sendmail-binmail system on
typical Internet-connected UNIX hosts.
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This package is based on the netqmail distribution of qmail, put
together by a motley krewe of qmail contributors (see the README).
It is derived from Daniel Bernstein's qmail-1.03 plus bug fixes,
a few feature enhancements, and some documentation.
Description-md5: 4fb01ab6cd46cf3373f14ec200e0aa7b

Package: qmail
Priority: extra
Section: universe/mail
Installed-Size: 1597
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Gerrit Pape
Architecture: amd64
Source: netqmail
Version: 1.06-5
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), qmail-uids-gids (>> 1.06)
Recommends: qmail-run (>= 2.0.0)
Suggests: fastforward, dot-forward, qmail-tools
Filename: pool/universe/n/netqmail/qmail_1.06-5_amd64.deb
Size: 401874
MD5sum: db9f8d530a108991b67268820263b702
SHA1: 08d29344b3f5ce5baa431aa575ad222948fc81d3
SHA256: 20c555284e8135a187ea1a186ed63e62b6d66feea3df4b86025937e6b0b54bc1
Description-en: a secure, reliable, efficient, simple message transfer agent
qmail is meant as a replacement for the entire sendmail-binmail system on
typical Internet-connected UNIX hosts.
.
This package is based on the netqmail distribution of qmail, put
together by a motley krewe of qmail contributors (see the README).
It is derived from Daniel Bernstein's qmail-1.03 plus bug fixes,
a few feature enhancements, and some documentation.
Description-md5: 4fb01ab6cd46cf3373f14ec200e0aa7b
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu