How To Install spampd on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install spampd on Debian 9. spampd is spamassassin based SMTP/LMTP proxy daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install spampd on Debian 9.

What is spampd

spampd is:

spampd is an SMTP/LMTP server designed to be hooked into the MTA processing chain (e.g. as a content filter). It is written in Perl and uses the Net::Server framework. It is intended to provide spam filtering at the system level (i.e. ususally for all users). If you rely on per-user configuration or per-user Bayes databases, spampd is not for you.

The major advantage of spampd over plain SpamAssassin (both directly and through spamd) is that it doesn’t need to load all needed perl modules on every invocation or spawn a C programme for every mail it receives. Compared to using spamc/spamd, spampd can usually provide a 25% performance increase with local-only tests.

The advantage of spampd over amavisd-new is that it uses the original SpamAssassin header tags, which are more verbose than the tags which amavisd-new provides. This allows easier filtering in the mail client and easier tuning of SpamAssassin.

There are three methods to install spampd on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install spampd Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install spampd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install spampd

Install spampd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install spampd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install spampd

Install spampd Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install spampd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install spampd

How To Uninstall spampd on Debian 9

To uninstall only the spampd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove spampd

Uninstall spampd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall spampd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove spampd

Remove spampd Configurations and Data

To remove spampd configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge spampd

Remove spampd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove spampd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spampd

Dependencies

spampd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install spampd package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.