Information about the package, msmtp, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The msmtp package is designed for, SMTP client.
Package Name:
msmtp
Summary:
SMTP client
Description:
It forwards messages to an SMTP server which does the delivery. Features include: * Sendmail compatible interface (command line options and exit codes). * Authentication methods PLAIN,LOGIN,CRAM-MD5,DIGEST-MD5,GSSAPI,and NTLM * TLS/SSL both in SMTP-over-SSL mode and in STARTTLS mode. * Fast SMTP implementation using command pipelining. * Support for Internationalized Domain Names (IDN). * DSN (Delivery Status Notification) support. * RMQS (Remote Message Queue Starting) support (ETRN keyword). * IPv6 support.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.4.32
Release:
1.el6
Size:
118 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the msmtp package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install msmtp
This command will install msmtp on the server.
yum remove msmtp
This command will un-install msmtp on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove msmtp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove msmtp
This command will un-install msmtp on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove msmtp when using the -y flag.
yum update msmtp
This command will update msmtp to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove msmtp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update msmtp
This command will update msmtp to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove msmtp when using the -y flag.
yum info msmtp
This command will show you core information about the msmtp package.
yum deplist msmtp
This command will show you the dependencies for msmtp. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update msmtp
This command will check if there is an update waiting on msmtp. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.