How To Install mimedefang on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mimedefang on Fedora 34.
What is mimedefang
MIMEDefang is an e-mail filter program which works with Sendmail 8.12 and later. It filters all e-mail messages sent via SMTP. MIMEDefang splits multi-part MIME messages into their components and potentially deletes or modifies the various parts. It then reassembles the parts back into an e-mail message and sends it on its way. There are some caveats you should be aware of before using MIMEDefang. MIMEDefang potentially alters e-mail messages. This breaks a “gentleman’s agreement” that mail transfer agents do not modify message bodies. This could cause problems, for example, with encrypted or signed messages.
We can use yum or dnf to install mimedefang on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mimedefang.
Install mimedefang on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install mimedefang using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mimedefang
Install mimedefang on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install mimedefang using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mimedefang
How To Uninstall mimedefang on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the mimedefang package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mimedefang
mimedefang Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/logrotate.d/mimedefang
/etc/mail/mimedefang-filter
/etc/mail/mimedefang-ip-key
/etc/mail/sa-mimedefang.cf
/etc/sysconfig/mimedefang
/usr/bin/gen-ip-validator.pl
/usr/bin/md-mx-ctrl
/usr/bin/mimedefang
/usr/bin/mimedefang-multiplexor
/usr/bin/mimedefang-util
/usr/bin/mimedefang.pl
/usr/bin/watch-mimedefang
/usr/bin/watch-multiple-mimedefangs.tcl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/03d6eb18fd987e0fef8371086c81b0a634a7e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/eef5229ecba036d249e868a17da40d1be55128
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/59e285afd0e64c6e37151417dd2c2d968c36de
/usr/lib/systemd/system/mimedefang-multiplexor.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/mimedefang.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/mimedefang.conf
/usr/libexec/mimedefang-wrapper
/usr/share/doc/mimedefang
/usr/share/doc/mimedefang/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/mimedefang/README
/usr/share/doc/mimedefang/README.FEDORA
/usr/share/doc/mimedefang/README.NONROOT
/usr/share/doc/mimedefang/README.SECURITY
/usr/share/doc/mimedefang/README.SOPHIE
/usr/share/doc/mimedefang/README.SPAMASSASSIN
/usr/share/doc/mimedefang/README.VEXIRA
/usr/share/doc/mimedefang/fang.pl
/usr/share/doc/mimedefang/linuxorg
/usr/share/doc/mimedefang/linuxorg/README
/usr/share/doc/mimedefang/linuxorg/filter
/usr/share/doc/mimedefang/linuxorg/spam-deliver
/usr/share/doc/mimedefang/linuxorg/spam-trusted-hosts
/usr/share/doc/mimedefang/stream-by-domain-filter
/usr/share/doc/mimedefang/suggested-minimum-filter-for-windows-clients
/usr/share/doc/mimedefang/word-to-html
/usr/share/licenses/mimedefang
/usr/share/licenses/mimedefang/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/mimedefang-util.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/mimedefang-filter.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/mimedefang-notify.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/mimedefang-protocol.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/md-mx-ctrl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mimedefang-multiplexor.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mimedefang.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mimedefang.pl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/watch-mimedefang.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/watch-multiple-mimedefangs.8.gz
/var/log/mimedefang
/var/spool/MD-Quarantine
/var/spool/MIMEDefang
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mimedefang on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.