# Install procmail with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper

Autonomous mail processor. Version 3.24 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-11. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install procmail.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:procmail
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install procmail
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install procmail
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: mail/procmail/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install procmail
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: procmail from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install procmail
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: procmail from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#procmail
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pr/procmail/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install procmail
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: procmail from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:procmail
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/procmail>
- **Version:** 3.24
- **Source summary:** Autonomous mail processor
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/BuGlessRB/procmail>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/BuGlessRB/procmail>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later OR Artistic-1.0-Perl
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/BuGlessRB/procmail/archive/refs/tags/v3.24.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-11T16:46:52+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- formail (cli)
- lockfile (cli)
- mailstat (cli)
- procmail (cli)
- formail (alias)
- lockfile (alias)
- mailstat (alias)
- procmail (alias)

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 3.24
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-11
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/BuGlessRB/procmail
- Upstream latest detected: v3.24 (current)

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## 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

- Unix: ~/.procmailrc, /etc/procmailrc, /etc/procmail.conf
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** procmail
- **Version Scheme:** 1
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - procmail - 3.24+really3.22-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: procmail from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Versatile e-mail processor | https://github.com/BuGlessRB/procmail
- Nix - procmail: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pr/procmail/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - procmail - 3.24-1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: procmail from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Versatile e-mail processor | https://github.com/BuGlessRB/procmail
- dnf - procmail - 3.24-11.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: procmail from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Mail processing program | https://github.com/BuGlessRB/procmail
- zypper - procmail - 3.24-5.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: procmail from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A program for local e-mail delivery | https://github.com/BuGlessRB/procmail/
- MacPorts - procmail: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: mail/procmail/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper - lockfile - 1.17-1.12: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: lockfile from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Support and cli utilities based on liblockfile | https://github.com/miquels/liblockfile


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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/procmail.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/procmail.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph