From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Sep 1 16: 2:19 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ED4815B63 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 1999 16:02:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA01514; Wed, 1 Sep 1999 15:56:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199909012256.PAA01514@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Ollivier Robert Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proposal: Add generic username for 3rd-party MTA's In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 02 Sep 1999 00:39:28 +0200." <19990902003928.A33233@keltia.freenix.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 15:56:10 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > According to Sheldon Hearn: > > I plan to add a user ``smtp'' with UID 25 and a member of group > > ``mail'', for use in running non-priveledged MTA's in FreeBSD. This is > > primarily for the convenience of maintainers of mail ports. > > What about "mta", a name that was suggested (and used on hub I think) by > Jonathan (Bresler) when we were talking about Postfix integration. 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. -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message