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author | Mikhail Teterin <mi@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-05-23 17:04:52 +0000 |
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committer | Mikhail Teterin <mi@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-05-23 17:04:52 +0000 |
commit | bfa6460c4fadd69fff31e5c44e479e2edbcfb8bd (patch) | |
tree | f4b47c698a1ba02e8090262e8404597e9b93fbcc /mail/maildrop/pkg-descr | |
parent | 70e7c9bde5f97b955e83c5d0d1c6dcfce286b3a8 (diff) |
Upgrade, re-organize PORTDOCS, change the maintainer.
PR: 27406
Submitted by: new maintainer <petef@databits.net>
Approved by: previous mainainer <tom>
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=42980
Diffstat (limited to 'mail/maildrop/pkg-descr')
-rw-r--r-- | mail/maildrop/pkg-descr | 28 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/mail/maildrop/pkg-descr b/mail/maildrop/pkg-descr index ee099a7547b3..11560e4867b7 100644 --- a/mail/maildrop/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/maildrop/pkg-descr @@ -1,23 +1,13 @@ -maildrop is a replacement for your local mail delivery agent. maildrop -reads a mail message from standard input, then delivers the message to -your mailbox. maildrop knows how to deliver mail to mbox-style -mailboxes, and maildirs. "maildir" is a mailbox format used by the Qmail -MTA. - -maildrop can optionally read instructions from a file on how to filter -incoming mail, and, based upon the instructions, deliver mail to -alternate mailboxes, or forward it to somewhere else, like procmail. -Unlike procmail, maildrop uses a structured filtering language that's a -bit easier on the eyes. - -maildrop is written in C++, and is significantly larger than procmail, -in compiled form. However, it uses resources much more efficiently. -Unlike procmail, maildrop will not read a 10 megabyte mail message into -memory. Large messages are saved in a temporary file, and are filtered -from that file. Files are saved in the user's home directory. If the -standard input to maildrop is a file, not a pipe, no temporary file will -be necessary. +maildrop is a replacement for your local mail delivery agent. +maildrop reads a mail message from standard input, then delivers +the message to your mailbox. maildrop knows how to deliver mail to +mbox-style mailboxes and maildirs. "maildir" is the mailbox format +used by the Qmail MTA. maildrop is written in C++, and handles +resources more efficiently. maildrop can be used with sendmail, Qmail, and other MTAs. WWW: http://www.flounder.net/~mrsam/maildrop/ + +- Pete +petef@databits.net |