How To Install maildirproc on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install maildirproc
on Fedora 36.
What is maildirproc
maildirproc is a program that processes one or several existing mail boxes in the maildir format. It is primarily focused on mail sorting, which means moving, copying, forwarding, and deleting mail according to a set of rules. It can be seen as an alternative to procmail, but instead of being a delivery agent (which wants to be part of the delivery chain), maildirproc only processes mail which has already been delivered. That is a feature, not a bug.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install maildirproc
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install maildirproc.
Install maildirproc 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 maildirproc
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install maildirproc
Install maildirproc 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 maildirproc
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install maildirproc
How To Uninstall maildirproc on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the maildirproc
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove maildirproc
maildirproc Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/maildirproc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/maildirproc-1.0.1-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/share/doc/maildirproc
/usr/share/doc/maildirproc/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/maildirproc/README
/usr/share/doc/maildirproc/examples
/usr/share/doc/maildirproc/examples/bogofilter.rc
/usr/share/doc/maildirproc/examples/complex.rc
/usr/share/doc/maildirproc/examples/simple.rc
/usr/share/doc/maildirproc/examples/sketchy.rc
/usr/share/doc/maildirproc/index.html
/usr/share/doc/maildirproc/maildirproc.css
/usr/share/doc/maildirproc/reference.html
/usr/share/licenses/maildirproc
/usr/share/licenses/maildirproc/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install maildirproc
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).