Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 03:57:08 -0800 (PST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: committers, current Subject: HEADS UP: Postfix is coming. new uid, gid required. Message-ID: <199812301157.DAA06160@hub.freebsd.org>
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Starting later today, I will import Postfix (aka VMailer aka SecureMailer from IBM) into the tree under /usr/src/contrib. Postfix was written by Wietse Venema (tcp_wrappers, satan, etc). Postfix is a mail transfer agent. Postfix runs as its own user. We will be adding a new system uid and gid (user mta, uid 25, group mta, gid 25). You will need to add this user and group by hand using the /usr/src/etc/{group,master.passwd} files as a template. You will be able to choose between Sendmail and Postfix as your mail transfer agent. Therefore, you can ignore Postfix, if you choose. For a sneak preview take a look at http://www.postfix.org and http://www.alphaWorks.ibm.com/formula/securemailer. Postfix is still under development as so is labelled "beta". However, the FreeBSD mailing lists have been using Postfix for more than 4 months without incident. Wietse's beta is better than many "finished" products ;) jmb -- Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Core Team, Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD--The Power to Serve JMB193 http://www.freebsd.org/ PGP 2.6.2 Fingerprint: 31 57 41 56 06 C1 40 13 C5 1C E3 E5 DC 62 0E FB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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