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Installer mailutils avec Homebrew, apk, apt, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de mailutils pour les workflows d'agents IA.

Commande d'installationNotes de sécurité

installation

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires

macOS

Homebrewvérifié · 100%
brew install mailutils

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsvérifié · 94%
sudo port install mailutils

MacPorts ports tree · mail/mailutils/Portfile · Source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkvérifié · 92%
sudo apk add mailutils

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · mailutils · Source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptvérifié · 92%
sudo apt install mailutils

Debian stable package indexes · mailutils · Source: deb.debian.org

Nixvérifié · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#mailutils

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ma/mailutils/package.nix · Source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanvérifié · 92%
sudo pacman -S mailutils

Arch Linux sync databases · mailutils · Source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zyppervérifié · 92%
sudo zypper install mailutils

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · mailutils · Source: download.opensuse.org

aperçu

Résumé du paquet

Swiss Army knife of email handling

Commandes et alias

  • comsatd
  • decodemail
  • dotlock
  • frm
  • from
  • imap4d
  • lmtpd
  • mail
  • mailutils
  • mailutils-config
  • messages
  • mimeview
  • movemail
  • pop3d
  • popauth
  • putmail
  • readmsg
  • sieve

historique

Historique du projet et usages

GNU Mailutils is the GNU Project's general-purpose mail package: a set of command-line utilities, daemons, and libraries for handling electronic mail across local and remote mailbox formats.

Historique du projet

The Mailutils manual describes the package as having started from a practical need to handle large mailbox files more gracefully than the POP3 servers available to its authors at the time. That origin explains the library-centered design: programs built on Mailutils are meant to work across mailbox formats through one interface rather than carrying separate mailbox-specific code.

Public GNU source archives show Mailutils 0.1 available in September 2002, 1.0 in July 2006, and the 3.x line continuing through Mailutils 3.21 in December 2025. Over that span the package accumulated classic Unix mail commands, protocol daemons, Sieve support, MH-compatible tools, and libmailutils APIs for mailbox, MIME, authentication, and protocol work.

Historique d'adoption

The upstream homepage identifies Mailutils as official GNU software and lists it as useful to regular users, system administrators, and developers. It also names other free software packages using it, including MH-E and Mailfromd, which is a useful signal that Mailutils is both a user-facing toolbox and a reusable mail framework.

In package-manager culture, Mailutils matters because it is the GNU-flavored provider of familiar commands such as mail, frm, from, messages, movemail, readmsg, and sieve, while also shipping POP3, IMAP4, LMTP, and related services. That makes one package cover many mail-adjacent command names that otherwise vary by Unix lineage.

Modes d'utilisation

Users install Mailutils for traditional command-line mail reading and sending, mailbox inspection, message extraction, MIME viewing, movemail-style retrieval, and Sieve filtering. Administrators use its daemons and delivery tools for POP3, IMAP4, LMTP, local delivery, and mailbox conversion.

Mailutils reads a site-wide configuration file named ${sysconfdir}/mailutils.conf and, for client utilities, per-user files named after the program such as ~/.sieve. Its wicket command looks up matching URLs in the default ticket file ~/.mu-tickets, allowing credentials to be kept out of command lines and ordinary examples.

Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

Mailutils is a dense GNU package in the best and worst senses: one formula brings in a pile of historically loaded mail commands plus servers, libraries, and protocol glue. It is especially interesting when comparing which implementation of mail, movemail, or sieve a distribution chooses to expose.

Because the suite understands UNIX maildrops, Maildir, MH, POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, TLS, SASL, and related mechanisms, it sits at the crossroads of old local Unix mail and network-era mail protocols. That makes it a frequent dependency, conflict, or alternative in mail tooling stacks.

Chronologie

  • 2002: Mailutils 0.1 appears in the official GNU FTP archive.
  • 2006: Mailutils 1.0 appears in the official GNU FTP archive.
  • 2025: Mailutils 3.21 is released and documented by the upstream manual.

Related projects

  • GNU Emacs movemail is a historical reference point for Mailutils movemail.
  • MH-E is listed by the upstream homepage as free software using Mailutils.
  • Mailfromd is listed by the upstream homepage as free software using Mailutils.

posture de sécurité

Niveau de risque : vert

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Classificateur de risque

risque vert · confiance faible · appliance

Pourquoi

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signaux

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Comportement d'installation

  • Aucun hook post-install Homebrew n’est enregistré dans les métadonnées de formule.
  • Les métadonnées de bottle Homebrew sont disponibles pour 6 plateformes.
  • S’installe avec 7 dépendances d’exécution.

Revue recommandée

Avant une utilisation sans surveillance par un agent, vérifiez si l'outil lit des identifiants en clair, écrit un état distant, publie des artefacts ou lance des plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
${sysconfdir}/mailutils.conf~/.<program>

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix
~/.mu-tickets

exécutables

Exécutables installés

CommandeTypeExpositionNote
comsatdcliexécutable global
decodemailcliexécutable global
dotlockcliexécutable global
frmcliexécutable global
fromcliexécutable global
imap4dcliexécutable global
lmtpdcliexécutable global
mailcliexécutable global
mailutilscliexécutable global
mailutils-configcliexécutable global
messagescliexécutable global
mimeviewcliexécutable global
movemailcliexécutable global
pop3dcliexécutable global
popauthcliexécutable global
putmailcliexécutable global
readmsgcliexécutable global
sievecliexécutable global

fraîcheur

Version et fraîcheur

Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.

page générée2026-07-10
version du gestionnaire3.21
gestionnaire mis à jour
données localesOK
amontnot checked
dernière version détectéenon détecté

https://mailutils.org/

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.confiance faible
  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://mailutils.org/confiance none

métadonnées d'installation

Métadonnées du paquet

Clé du paquetbrew:mailutils
Version3.21
Gestionnaire de paquetsHomebrew
Page du gestionnaire de paquetshttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mailutils
Page d'accueilhttps://mailutils.org/
Dépôthttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/mailutils.git
Docs amonthttps://mailutils.org/manual/mailutils.html
LicenceGPL-3.0-or-later
Archive sourcehttps://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/mailutils/mailutils-3.21.tar.gz
Dépendancesgdbm, gettext, gnutls, gsasl, libtool, libunistring, readline
Bibliothèques fournies par macOSlibxcrypt
Bouteilledisponible (sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
post-install Homebrewnon défini
Serviceaucun déclaré

faits du registre

Détails de la base source

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namemailutils
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

correspondances dans les bases sources

Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.

Debian apt95%

libmailutils-dev 1:3.19-1

development files for GNU mailutils

https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/

sudo apt install libmailutils-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: mailutils
  • 23 Dépendances
  • 1 dépendances optionnelles
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Mailutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libmailutils-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libmailutils9t64 1:3.19-1

GNU Mail abstraction library

https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/

sudo apt install libmailutils9t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: mailutils
  • 12 Dépendances
  • 1 fournit
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Mailutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libmailutils9t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libmu-dbm9t64 1:3.19-1

GNU Mail abstraction library -- dbm support

https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/

sudo apt install libmu-dbm9t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: mailutils
  • 6 Dépendances
  • 1 fournit
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Mailutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libmu-dbm9t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

mailutils 1:3.19-1

GNU mailutils utilities for handling mail

https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/

sudo apt install mailutils
  • Section: mail
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 13 Dépendances
  • 2 fournit
  • 4 dépendances optionnelles
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Mailutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: mailutils from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

mailutils-common 1:3.19-1

common files for GNU mailutils

https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/

sudo apt install mailutils-common
  • Section: mail
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: mailutils
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Mailutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: mailutils-common from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

mailutils-comsatd 1:3.19-1

GNU mailutils-based comsatd daemon

https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/

sudo apt install mailutils-comsatd
  • Section: net
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: mailutils
  • 6 Dépendances
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Mailutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: mailutils-comsatd from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

mailutils-doc 1:3.19-1

documentation files for GNU mailutils

https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/

sudo apt install mailutils-doc
  • Section: doc
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: mailutils
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Mailutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: mailutils-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

mailutils-guile 1:3.19-1

GNU mailutils Guile interpreter and modules

https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/

sudo apt install mailutils-guile
  • Section: mail
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: mailutils
  • 4 Dépendances
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Mailutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: mailutils-guile from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

mailutils-imap4d 1:3.19-1

GNU mailutils-based IMAP4 Daemon

https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/

sudo apt install mailutils-imap4d
  • Section: net
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: mailutils
  • 15 Dépendances
  • 1 fournit
  • 1 dépendances optionnelles
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Mailutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: mailutils-imap4d from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

mailutils-mda 1:3.19-1

GNU mailutils utilities for handling mail -- MDA

https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/

sudo apt install mailutils-mda
  • Section: mail
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: mailutils
  • 17 Dépendances
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Mailutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: mailutils-mda from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

mailutils-mh 1:3.19-1

GNU mailutils-based MH utilities

https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/

sudo apt install mailutils-mh
  • Section: mail
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: mailutils
  • 15 Dépendances
  • 1 fournit
  • 2 dépendances optionnelles
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Mailutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: mailutils-mh from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

mailutils-pop3d 1:3.19-1

GNU mailutils-based POP3 Daemon

https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/

sudo apt install mailutils-pop3d
  • Section: net
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: mailutils
  • 15 Dépendances
  • 1 fournit
  • 1 dépendances optionnelles
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Mailutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: mailutils-pop3d from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

python3-mailutils 1:3.19-1

GNU Mail abstraction library (Python3 interface)

https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/

sudo apt install python3-mailutils
  • Section: python
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: mailutils
  • 4 Dépendances
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Mailutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: python3-mailutils from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

mailutils

nix profile install nixpkgs#mailutils
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Mailutils
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ma/mailutils/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

libmailutils-dev 1:3.17-1.1build3

development files for GNU mailutils

https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/

sudo apt install libmailutils-dev
  • Section: universe/libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: mailutils
  • 23 Dépendances
  • 1 dépendances optionnelles
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Mailutils
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmailutils-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libmailutils9t64 1:3.17-1.1build3

GNU Mail abstraction library

https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/

sudo apt install libmailutils9t64
  • Section: universe/libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: mailutils
  • 12 Dépendances
  • 1 fournit
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Mailutils
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmailutils9t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

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  • gettextRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • gnutlsRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • gsaslRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • libtoolRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.

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