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

Last updated: July 06,2024

1. Install "rmail" package

Please follow the steps below to install rmail on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall rmail on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: rmail
Priority: extra
Section: universe/mail
Installed-Size: 311
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Source: sendmail
Version: 8.15.2-3
Depends: sendmail-bin | mail-transport-agent, libc6 (>= 2.15), libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.7)
Conflicts: courier-mta, exim, exim-tls, exim4-daemon-custom, exim4-daemon-heavy, exim4-daemon-light, masqmail, postfix, smail, zmailer
Filename: pool/universe/s/sendmail/rmail_8.15.2-3_amd64.deb
Size: 34430
MD5sum: a4ea7514052a240618141004c20e7b7e
SHA1: 11a1eaeb3ea0c10c5936cdf658ea7daf0339016c
SHA256: 47bfa786b583b5ef1c730a335a9435596b7ae6dfb3a68603d7b7512adbff7f01
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
Homepage: http://www.sendmail.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu