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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "spampd" package

This tutorial shows how to install spampd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall spampd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: spampd
Priority: optional
Section: universe/mail
Installed-Size: 150
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sven Mueller
Architecture: all
Version: 2.30-22.2
Depends: perl, spamassassin (>= 2.6), libnet-server-perl (>= 0.89), adduser (>= 3.59), dpkg (>= 1.10.23), lsb-base (>= 3.0-3)
Filename: pool/universe/s/spampd/spampd_2.30-22.2_all.deb
Size: 35800
MD5sum: 978a374f48dd6c66afb7ee051aaef33b
SHA1: 8879a77e98e041b70f9b92a651be8b64d942f857
SHA256: 3fbe9625d928149cfda2e744a4e1da5634f4d71e135640ac222d628379551e3e
Description-en: spamassassin based SMTP/LMTP proxy daemon
spampd is an SMTP/LMTP server designed to be hooked into the
MTA processing chain (e.g. as a content filter). It is
written in Perl and uses the Net::Server framework. It is
intended to provide spam filtering at the system level (i.e.
ususally for all users). If you rely on per-user configuration
or per-user Bayes databases, spampd is not for you.
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The major advantage of spampd over plain SpamAssassin (both
directly and through spamd) is that it doesn't need to load
all needed perl modules on every invocation or spawn
a C programme for every mail it receives. Compared to using
spamc/spamd, spampd can usually provide a 25% performance
increase with local-only tests.
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The advantage of spampd over amavisd-new is that it uses the
original SpamAssassin header tags, which are more verbose than
the tags which amavisd-new provides. This allows easier
filtering in the mail client and easier tuning of SpamAssassin.
Description-md5: b2eded24f9fe95256363182d6f5548fb
Homepage: http://www.worlddesign.com/index.cfm/rd/mta/spampd.htm
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu