Information about the package, opensmtpd, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The opensmtpd package is designed for, Free implementation of the server-side SMTP protocol as defined by.
Package Name:
opensmtpd
Summary:
Free implementation of the server-side SMTP protocol as defined by
Description:
OpenSMTPD is a FREE implementation of the server-side SMTP protocol as defined by RFC 5321, with some additional standard extensions. It allows ordinary machines to exchange e-mails with other systems speaking the SMTP protocol. Started out of dissatisfaction with other implementations, OpenSMTPD nowadays is a fairly complete SMTP implementation. OpenSMTPD is primarily developed by Gilles Chehade, Eric Faurot and Charles Longeau; with contributions from various OpenBSD hackers. OpenSMTPD is part of the OpenBSD Project. The software is freely usable and re-usable by everyone under an ISC license. This package uses standard "alternatives" mechanism, you may call "/usr/sbin/alternatives --set mta /usr/sbin/sendmail.opensmtpd" if you want to switch to OpenSMTPD MTA immediately after install, and "/usr/sbin/alternatives --set mta /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail" to revert back to Sendmail as a default mail daemon.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
6.0.2p1
Release:
6.el6
Size:
267 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
ISC
Control the opensmtpd package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install opensmtpd
This command will install opensmtpd on the server.
yum remove opensmtpd
This command will un-install opensmtpd on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove opensmtpd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove opensmtpd
This command will un-install opensmtpd 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 opensmtpd when using the -y flag.
yum update opensmtpd
This command will update opensmtpd to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove opensmtpd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update opensmtpd
This command will update opensmtpd 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 opensmtpd when using the -y flag.
yum info opensmtpd
This command will show you core information about the opensmtpd package.
yum deplist opensmtpd
This command will show you the dependencies for opensmtpd. 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 opensmtpd
This command will check if there is an update waiting on opensmtpd. 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.