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diff --git a/mail/mailwrapper/DESCR b/mail/mailwrapper/DESCR deleted file mode 100644 index 04260bdddab..00000000000 --- a/mail/mailwrapper/DESCR +++ /dev/null @@ -1,13 +0,0 @@ -At one time, the only Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) software easily available -was sendmail(8). As a result of this, most Mail User Agents (MUAs) such -as mail(1) had the path and calling conventions expected by sendmail(8) -compiled in. - -Times have changed, however. On a modern NetBSD system, the administra- -tor may wish to use one of several available MTAs. - -It would be difficult to modify all MUA software typically available on a -system, so most of the authors of alternative MTAs have written their -front end message submission programs so that they use the same calling -conventions as sendmail(8) and may be put into place instead of -sendmail(8) in /usr/sbin/sendmail. |