How To Install mailfilter on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailfilter on Kali Linux.
What is mailfilter
mailfilter is:
Mailfilter is very flexible utility for UNIX (-like) operating systems to get rid of unwanted e-mail messages, before having to go through the trouble of downloading them to the local computer. It offers support for one or many POP3 accounts and is especially useful for dialup connections via modem, ISDN, etc. Install Mailfilter if you’d like to remove spam from your POP3 mail accounts.
With Mailfilter you can define your own filters (rules) to determine which e-mails should be delivered and which are considered waste. Rules are Regular Expressions, so you can make use of familiar options from other mail delivery programs such as e.g. procmail.
If you do not get your mail from a POP3-Server you don’t need Mailfilter.
There are three methods to install mailfilter on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mailfilter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install mailfilter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mailfilterInstall mailfilter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install mailfilter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mailfilterInstall mailfilter Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install mailfilter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mailfilterHow To Uninstall mailfilter on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the mailfilter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mailfilterUninstall mailfilter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mailfilter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mailfilterRemove mailfilter Configurations and Data
To remove mailfilter configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mailfilterRemove mailfilter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mailfilter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mailfilterDependencies
mailfilter have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailfilter package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.