How To Install amavisd-milter on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install amavisd-milter in Fedora 36. amavisd-milter is Sendmail milter for amavisd-new using the AM.PDP protocol

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install amavisd-milter on Fedora 36.

What is `amavisd-milter`

The amavisd-milter is a sendmail milter (mail filter) for amavisd-new 2.4.3 (and above) and sendmail 8.13 (and above) which use the new AM.PDP protocol. Run ‘usermod -a -G amavis postfix’ when using Postfix and amavisd-milter via the unix socket.

We can use yum or dnf to install amavisd-milter on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install amavisd-milter.

Install amavisd-milter on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install amavisd-milter using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install amavisd-milter

Install amavisd-milter on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install amavisd-milter using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install amavisd-milter

How To Uninstall amavisd-milter on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the amavisd-milter package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove amavisd-milter

amavisd-milter Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/sysconfig/amavisd-milter
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/80
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/b9a49c4204e7457f102988e80700cd142883c7
/usr/lib/systemd/system/amavisd-milter.service
/usr/sbin/amavisd-milter
/usr/share/doc/amavisd-milter
/usr/share/doc/amavisd-milter/CHANGES
/usr/share/licenses/amavisd-milter
/usr/share/licenses/amavisd-milter/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/amavisd-milter.8.gz

References

amavisd-milter website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install amavisd-milter on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).