How to Install and Uninstall sensible-mda Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "sensible-mda" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                sensible-mda
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "sensible-mda" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall sensible-mda on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: sensible-mda
Priority: extra
Section: universe/mail
Installed-Size: 248
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Source: sendmail
Version: 8.15.2-3
Depends: sendmail-bin | mail-transport-agent, procmail | maildrop | deliver, libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.15.2-3_amd64.deb
Size: 8362
MD5sum: fc2cbe18b6b52d3e1fe61d4dbb57a2a3
SHA1: 2a729f197a93fc10bedd01a2eb47c57f9369e772
SHA256: 35e8825610240e37022378e634ed6d6b2200ea8e7aafe2ebc25e4bbcd6d2acaa
Description-en: Mail Delivery Agent wrapper
Sensible-mda is a Debian addition in the sendmail package and has been
split out in hopes that it might be useful for other MTA packages.
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Sensible-mda is called by the MTA, and will in turn call whichever of
the following MDAs that it finds (in this order):
procmail, maildrop, deliver, mail.local
Description-md5: bea515eec8582f9eac6796d823698ba5
Homepage: http://www.sendmail.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu