Information about the package, uw-imap, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The uw-imap package is designed for, UW Server daemons for IMAP and POP network mail protocols.
Package Name:
uw-imap
Summary:
UW Server daemons for IMAP and POP network mail protocols
Description:
The uw-imap package provides UW server daemons for both the IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) and POP (Post Office Protocol) mail access protocols. The POP protocol uses a "post office" machine to collect mail for users and allows users to download their mail to their local machine for reading. The IMAP protocol allows a user to read mail on a remote machine without downloading it to their local machine.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2007f
Release:
14.el6
Size:
65 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
ASL 2.0
Control the uw-imap package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install uw-imap
This command will install uw-imap on the server.
yum remove uw-imap
This command will un-install uw-imap on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove uw-imap, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove uw-imap
This command will un-install uw-imap 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 uw-imap when using the -y flag.
yum update uw-imap
This command will update uw-imap to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove uw-imap, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update uw-imap
This command will update uw-imap 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 uw-imap when using the -y flag.
yum info uw-imap
This command will show you core information about the uw-imap package.
yum deplist uw-imap
This command will show you the dependencies for uw-imap. 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 uw-imap
This command will check if there is an update waiting on uw-imap. 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.