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| author | Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-04-30 10:37:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-04-30 10:37:12 +0000 |
| commit | aafe1a12369e7ac6c9316ba4573f1077f745a4f0 (patch) | |
| tree | 4c69ca419cd0fcff2162696f4c3d097ce5338f33 /mail/exim | |
| parent | c9235a7b47a25ebf5fe842a2489adc8f6d06a705 (diff) | |
| download | ports-aafe1a12369e7ac6c9316ba4573f1077f745a4f0.tar.gz ports-aafe1a12369e7ac6c9316ba4573f1077f745a4f0.zip | |
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diff --git a/mail/exim/pkg-descr b/mail/exim/pkg-descr index 70a4562b517e..e7b7d4118545 100644 --- a/mail/exim/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/exim/pkg-descr @@ -1,19 +1,9 @@ Exim is a mail transfer agent for Unix systems connected to the Internet. +It is a monolithic MTA designed to be a command line compatible drop-in +replacement for Sendmail. - . Exim is intended for use as an Internet mailer, and therefore handles - addresses in RFC 822 domain format only. (No bangpaths!) - - . The only external transport currently implemented is an SMTP transport - over a TCP/IP network (using sockets). A pipe transport is available, - and this could be used to send messages to some other transport mechanism. - - . Exim is very configurable, and its management is very powerful. It can - be configured to be "fussy" about certain hosts or domains, and - can easily serve multiple domains. - - . Exim is an excellent mailer for an ISP, as its control and flexibility - are very good. - - . Its requeuing and retry algorithms are very powerful. +Exim is an excellent mailer for an ISP, as its control and flexibility +are very good and its requeing and retry algorithms are very powerful. +Exim's configuration syntax is simple and well documented. WWW: http://www.exim.org/ |