How To Install msmtp on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install msmtp on CentOS 7.
What is msmtp
It forwards messages to an SMTP server which does the delivery. Features include * Sendmail compatible interface (command line options and exit codes). * Authentication methods PLAIN,LOGIN,CRAM-MD5,DIGEST-MD5,GSSAPI,and NTLM * TLS/SSL both in SMTP-over-SSL mode and in STARTTLS mode. * Fast SMTP implementation using command pipe-lining. * Support for Internationalized Domain Names (IDN). * DSN (Delivery Status Notification) support. * RMQS (Remote Message Queue Starting) support (ETRN keyword). * IPv6 support.
We can use yum or dnf to install msmtp on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install msmtp.
Install msmtp on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install msmtp using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install msmtp
Install msmtp on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install msmtp using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install msmtp
How To Uninstall msmtp on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the msmtp package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove msmtp
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install msmtp on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
