How To Install amavisd-milter on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install amavisd-milter on AlmaLinux 8.
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 AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install amavisd-milter.
Install amavisd-milter on AlmaLinux 8 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 AlmaLinux 8 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 AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the amavisd-milter package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove amavisd-milter
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install amavisd-milter on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
