How To Install courier-mlm on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install courier-mlm on Debian 11.
What is courier-mlm
courier-mlm is:
The Courier mail transfer agent (MTA) is an integrated mail/groupware server based on open commodity protocols, such as ESMTP, IMAP, POP3, LDAP, TLS, and HTTP. Courier provides ESMTP, IMAP, POP3, webmail, and mailing list services within a single, consistent, framework.
The couriermlm command sets up, maintains, and runs a mailing list. It automatically handles subscribe and unsubscribe requests, and removes undeliverable addresses from the subscription rolls. Mailing lists managed by couriermlm require zero human administrative oversight. It supports digests, write-only posting aliases, and moderated mailing lists.
There are three methods to install courier-mlm on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install courier-mlm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install courier-mlm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install courier-mlm
Install courier-mlm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install courier-mlm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install courier-mlm
Install courier-mlm 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 courier-mlm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install courier-mlm
How To Uninstall courier-mlm on Debian 11
To uninstall only the courier-mlm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove courier-mlm
Uninstall courier-mlm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall courier-mlm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove courier-mlm
Remove courier-mlm Configurations and Data
To remove courier-mlm configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge courier-mlm
Remove courier-mlm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove courier-mlm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge courier-mlm
Dependencies
courier-mlm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install courier-mlm package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.