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diff --git a/mail/mailwrapper/DESCR b/mail/mailwrapper/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..04260bdddab --- /dev/null +++ b/mail/mailwrapper/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +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. |