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

Last updated: December 30,2024

1. Install "sortmail" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install sortmail on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall sortmail on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: sortmail
Priority: optional
Section: universe/mail
Installed-Size: 164
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Hamish Moffatt
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.4-1ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libgdbm3 (>= 1.8.3)
Filename: pool/universe/s/sortmail/sortmail_2.4-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 54442
MD5sum: deed4324291111a12088e282a81742de
SHA1: a978804b16468b0d95e32cbddd767feb323b81e9
SHA256: 48843806ab3b68434051f305791f697cb7772f1daecb44708da22541a6b0ff21
Description-en: a simple mail sorter
sortmail is a simple mail sorter you can use in your .forward
to sort your mail into folders automatically, delete unwanted mail,
etc.
Description-md5: 01b6011a0c72051f2bdcf9162fbaf3b9
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu