Information about the package, smtpping, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The smtpping package is designed for, Small tool for measuring SMTP parameters.
Package Name:
smtpping
Summary:
Small tool for measuring SMTP parameters
Description:
A simple, portable tool for measuring SMTP server delay, delay variation and throughput.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.1.3
Release:
1.el6
Size:
32 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the smtpping package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install smtpping
This command will install smtpping on the server.
yum remove smtpping
This command will un-install smtpping on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove smtpping, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove smtpping
This command will un-install smtpping 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 smtpping when using the -y flag.
yum update smtpping
This command will update smtpping to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove smtpping, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update smtpping
This command will update smtpping 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 smtpping when using the -y flag.
yum info smtpping
This command will show you core information about the smtpping package.
yum deplist smtpping
This command will show you the dependencies for smtpping. 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 smtpping
This command will check if there is an update waiting on smtpping. 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.