How To Install Heirloom-mailx In Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine And Raspbian?

How To Install Heirloom-mailx In Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine And Raspbian?

heirloom-mailx

feature-rich BSD mail(1)

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Install heirloom-mailx

  • Debian apt-get install heirloom-mailx Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install heirloom-mailx Click to copy
  • Alpine OS apk add heirloom-mailx Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install heirloom-mailx Click to copy

heirloom-mailx

feature-rich BSD mail(1)

Workalike of the classical mail(1). Heirloom mailx can produce and read MIME and S/MIME messages and has greatly improved character-set handling, including support for UTF-8. It can send messages through a local /usr/bin/sendmail interface or SMTP, using a smarthost. Mail can be read from local mailboxes as well as via POP3 or IMAP connections. Network protocols can be encrypted using SSL/TLS.

Installing heirloom-mailx command is simple. just copy one of the above commands for your operating system and paste it into terminal. This command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine and Raspbian operating systems. Once you run the command it will install the latest version of heirloom-mailx 2026 package in your OS.