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Date:      Fri, 03 Sep 1999 16:12:13 +0100
From:      Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
To:        sheldonh@uunet.co.za
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Proposal: Add generic username for 3rd-party MTA's 
Message-ID:  <E11Mv0f-0003BY-00@fanf.noc.demon.net>
In-Reply-To: <22954.936265378@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
References:  <19990902013259.B4058@space.net>

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Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> wrote:
>
>The numeric ID is not important. Neither is the name. So long as there's
>something that people maintaining ports can use. I've followed Solaris'
>lead on the choice of name, ``smtp''.

Hmm. One of my Solaris boxen has

mail:x:6:6:Unprivileged mail user:/:
smtp:x:0:0:Mail Daemon User:/:

(Presumably the smtp user is privileged in order to bind to port 25.)
I prefer user & group mail since it is non-cryptic and common.

Tony.
-- 
f.a.n.finch    dot@dotat.at    fanf@demon.net    e pluribus unix


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