Re: Proposal: Add generic username for 3rd-party MTA's

[Doug]

On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote:

> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> 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.

        Why not do this as part of the port itself, ala majordomo? That
works just fine and is completely non-controversial because you don't get
it unless you ask for it.

Doug
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