Information about the package, ssmtp, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ssmtp package is designed for, Extremely simple MTA to get mail off the system to a Mailhub.
Package Name:
ssmtp
Summary:
Extremely simple MTA to get mail off the system to a Mailhub
Description:
A secure, effective and simple way of getting mail off a system to your mail hub. It contains no suid-binaries or other dangerous things - no mail spool to poke around in, and no daemons running in the background. Mail is simply forwarded to the configured mailhost. Extremely easy configuration. WARNING: the above is all it does; it does not receive mail nor manage queues. That belongs on a mail hub with a system administrator.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.61
Release:
22.el6
Size:
53 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the ssmtp package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ssmtp
This command will install ssmtp on the server.
yum remove ssmtp
This command will un-install ssmtp on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ssmtp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ssmtp
This command will un-install ssmtp 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 ssmtp when using the -y flag.
yum update ssmtp
This command will update ssmtp to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ssmtp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ssmtp
This command will update ssmtp 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 ssmtp when using the -y flag.
yum info ssmtp
This command will show you core information about the ssmtp package.
yum deplist ssmtp
This command will show you the dependencies for ssmtp. 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 ssmtp
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ssmtp. 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.