From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Sep 3 2:42:58 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from florence.pavilion.net (florence.pavilion.net [194.242.128.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 270E814E59 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 1999 02:42:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joe@florence.pavilion.net) Received: (from joe@localhost) by florence.pavilion.net (8.9.3/8.8.8) id KAA35777; Fri, 3 Sep 1999 10:41:28 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from joe) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 10:41:28 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser To: Ollivier Robert Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proposal: Add generic username for 3rd-party MTA's Message-ID: <19990903104128.K88479@pavilion.net> References: <19990902003928.A33233@keltia.freenix.fr> <199909012256.PAA01514@dingo.cdrom.com> <19990902212949.B40966@keltia.freenix.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <19990902212949.B40966@keltia.freenix.fr>; from Ollivier Robert on Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 09:29:49PM +0200 X-NCC-RegID: uk.pavilion Organisation: Pavilion Internet plc, 24 The Old Steine, Brighton, BN1 1EL, England Phone: +44-845-333-5000 Fax: +44-845-333-5001 Mobile: +44-403-596893 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 09:29:49PM +0200, Ollivier Robert wrote: > According to Mike Smith: > > If we do this, I hope a more obvious name is chosen; something like > > "mailman" might be a start. Or "mailperson", or "postperson", or > > whatever. "mta" just feels a little obscure. > > "smtp", the first proposal is a better idea then. "mailman" (like it is used > on hub) is more for a human. Don't use 'mailman' please. We've already got it assigned across site for the MailMan mailing list software. :) Joe -- Josef Karthauser FreeBSD: How many times have you booted today? Technical Manager Viagra for your server (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [joe@pavilion.net, joe@uk.freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message