How To Install proxsmtp on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install proxsmtp on Ubuntu.
What is proxsmtp
proxsmtp is:
ProxSMTP is a flexible tool that allows you to reject, change or log email based on arbitrary critera. It accepts SMTP connections and forwards the SMTP commands and responses to another SMTP server. The ‘DATA’ email body is intercepted and filtered before forwarding.
You need to be able to write the filtering scripts that integrate it with your particular needs. If you’re looking for something that does virus filtering, take a look at ClamSMTP which behaves similarly and uses a similar code base.
You do not need a local mail-transport-agent installed, since this server can forward to a remote one.
There are three methods to install proxsmtp on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install proxsmtp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install proxsmtp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install proxsmtp
Install proxsmtp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install proxsmtp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install proxsmtp
Install proxsmtp Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install proxsmtp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install proxsmtp
How To Uninstall proxsmtp on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the proxsmtp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove proxsmtp
Uninstall proxsmtp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall proxsmtp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove proxsmtp
Remove proxsmtp Configurations and Data
To remove proxsmtp configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge proxsmtp
Remove proxsmtp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove proxsmtp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge proxsmtp
Dependencies
proxsmtp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install proxsmtp package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.