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Date:      Wed, 1 Sep 1999 20:34:07 -0400
From:      Keith Stevenson <k.stevenson@louisville.edu>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Proposal: Add generic username for 3rd-party MTA's
Message-ID:  <19990901203407.A3289@homer.louisville.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909011512340.34048-100000@dt010nb9.san.rr.com>; from Doug on Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 03:16:48PM -0700
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909012253520.7489-100000@heidi.plazza.it> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909011512340.34048-100000@dt010nb9.san.rr.com>

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On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 03:16:48PM -0700, Doug wrote:
> 
> 	It's not a stupid question at all. There is already such a utility
> in the majordomo port, perhaps make this its own port and add that as a
> dependency? We've already been told that postfix (one of the favorite
> replacement MTA's for our crowd) uses a different name and group, so this
> proposed change won't help it at all. 

Postfix doesn't care what the userid/uid and group name/gid are.  Calling the
user "postfix" just appears to be a common convention, therefore the proposed
smtp user would address postfix's needs.

Qmail, as has already been pointed out, is a very different story.

Regards,
--Keith Stevenson--

-- 
Keith Stevenson
System Programmer - Data Center Services - University of Louisville
k.stevenson@louisville.edu
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