Install maildrop on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install maildrop
Learn how to install maildrop with the command sudo apt-get install maildrop on Ubuntus.
Quick installation of maildrop:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: maildrop
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install maildrop
Package Details | |
| Package: | maildrop |
| Version: | 2.5.5-1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | |
| Description: | mail delivery agent with filtering abilities maildrop is a mail delivery agent (MDA), a program which reads a mail message from standard input and then delivers the message to your mailbox. . maildrop can deliver mail both in mbox and maildir storing formats. It can read instructions from a file, directing it how to log deliveries, and how to filter incoming mail, for example to deliver mail to alternate mailboxes, or forward it somewhere else, or pipe it through external programs. . It performs all the same functions as procmail, but unlike procmail, maildrop uses a structured filtering language which is a bit easier on the eyes. Other differences from procmail include not skipping syntax errors in filter files (instead deferring the mails for later processing) and being more resource-efficient when processing mails (not loading large messages right into memory). . maildrop also comes with the following additional programs: . * reformail, an e-mail reformatting tool, which can detect duplicate messages, manipulate message headers, split mailboxes into individual messages, and generate autoreply messages * maildirmake, which creates maildirs, and maildir folders * deliverquota, which delivers mail to maildirs while taking account software-imposed quotas * reformime, a utility for reformatting MIME messages * makemime, which creates MIME-formatted messages of arbitrary complexity * lockmail, which creates dot-locks, file locks, and C-Client folder locks * mailbot, a MIME-aware autoresponder utility . This Debian maildrop package is patched with Dovecot auth user lookup patch. |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/mail |
How to install maildrop on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If maildrop is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L maildrop' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L maildrop Package `maildrop' is not installed. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing maildrop:
After system update use the following command to install maildrop:
sudo apt-get install maildrop
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove maildrop from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the maildrop from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the maildrop following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove maildrop
Following command is used to remove the maildrop package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove maildrop
This will remove maildrop and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing maildrop with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge maildrop
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove maildrop
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with maildrop package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.