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To: sheldonh@uunet.co.za (Sheldon Hearn)
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Subject: Re: Proposal: Add generic username for 3rd-party MTA's
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sheldonh@uunet.co.za (Sheldon Hearn) writes:

> Actually, not. The postfix and exim ports, at least, would be taught to
> use the new UID when it became available in STABLE. I'm pretty sure
> smail and others would follow suit. Remember, _we_ control the ports and
> can have packages install for whatever ID we please.

The transition could be much quicker if the uid was added by a port
(e.g. mail/smtp-user) and the ports that wanted to use it depended on
that port.


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