Information about the package, cpanel-libspf2, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The cpanel-libspf2 package is designed for, libspf2 is a library which allows email systems to check SPF.
Package Name:
cpanel-libspf2
Summary:
libspf2 is a library which allows email systems to check SPF
Description:
libspf2 implements the Sender Policy Framework, a part of the SPF/SRS protocol pair. libspf2 is a library which allows email systems such as Sendmail, Postfix, Exim, Zmailer and MS Exchange to check SPF records and make sure that the email is authorized by the domain name that it is coming from. This prevents email forgery, commonly used by spammers, scammers and email viruses/worms.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.2.10
Release:
3.cp1136
Size:
680 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2.1+ or 2-Clause BSD
Control the cpanel-libspf2 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install cpanel-libspf2
This command will install cpanel-libspf2 on the server.
yum remove cpanel-libspf2
This command will un-install cpanel-libspf2 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cpanel-libspf2, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove cpanel-libspf2
This command will un-install cpanel-libspf2 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 cpanel-libspf2 when using the -y flag.
yum update cpanel-libspf2
This command will update cpanel-libspf2 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cpanel-libspf2, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update cpanel-libspf2
This command will update cpanel-libspf2 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 cpanel-libspf2 when using the -y flag.
yum info cpanel-libspf2
This command will show you core information about the cpanel-libspf2 package.
yum deplist cpanel-libspf2
This command will show you the dependencies for cpanel-libspf2. 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 cpanel-libspf2
This command will check if there is an update waiting on cpanel-libspf2. 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.