Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 12:35:35 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> Cc: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proposal: Add generic username for 3rd-party MTA's Message-ID: <37D014F7.7C32ADBB@softweyr.com> References: <19990902003928.A33233@keltia.freenix.fr> <199909012256.PAA01514@dingo.cdrom.com> <19990902212949.B40966@keltia.freenix.fr> <19990903104128.K88479@pavilion.net>
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Josef Karthauser wrote:
>
> 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. :)
And here I think it's a trademark of Karl Malone. ;^)
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