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| author | Lexi Winter <ivy@FreeBSD.org> | 2025-08-22 23:46:09 +0000 |
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| committer | Lexi Winter <ivy@FreeBSD.org> | 2025-08-22 23:46:09 +0000 |
| commit | 1fc995f9e2040293351204265900cb45c06f33b7 (patch) | |
| tree | 3088de00dbf542794f48e99fc8a04b484482d893 | |
| parent | 110a2fa97d513c424105cbc113ab0fc36f1f2d36 (diff) | |
| -rw-r--r-- | release/packages/ucl/dma-all.ucl | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | release/packages/ucl/libmilter-all.ucl | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | release/packages/ucl/sendmail-all.ucl | 15 |
3 files changed, 28 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/release/packages/ucl/dma-all.ucl b/release/packages/ucl/dma-all.ucl index e8824acf7a36..63d6c86b0be4 100644 --- a/release/packages/ucl/dma-all.ucl +++ b/release/packages/ucl/dma-all.ucl @@ -1,4 +1,12 @@ -comment = "DMA Mail Agent Utilities" +comment = "DragonFly Mail Agent" desc = <<EOD -DMA Mail Agent Utilities +The DragonFly Mail Agent (dma) is a lightweight mail transport agent intended +for home and office use. dma can accept mail from local users and deliver it +either locally or remotely (via SMTP). dma can be configured to route remote +mail via an SMTP smart host, optionally using STARTTLS and/or authentication. + +dma does not implement an SMTP server and cannot receive mail from remote +systems, nor act as a mail exchanger for other hosts. If an SMTP server +is required, or when more advanced mail routing is needed, consider using +the $PKG_NAME_PREFIX-sendmail package instead. EOD diff --git a/release/packages/ucl/libmilter-all.ucl b/release/packages/ucl/libmilter-all.ucl index 70764a3f0f8b..5c0e4925a9c2 100644 --- a/release/packages/ucl/libmilter-all.ucl +++ b/release/packages/ucl/libmilter-all.ucl @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ -comment = "Sendmail mail filter (milter) library" +comment = "sendmail Mail Filter API library" desc = <<EOD -The Sendmail milter interface allows a mail transport agent to filter mail -through a separate process, called a milter. libmilter provides support -for applications implementing the milter interface. +The sendmail Mail Filter API (Milter) is designed to allow third-party +programs access to mail messages as they are being processed in order +to filter meta-information and content. libmilter provides support for +applications implementing the milter interface. EOD diff --git a/release/packages/ucl/sendmail-all.ucl b/release/packages/ucl/sendmail-all.ucl index 2711e33a31a8..38f697da24fc 100644 --- a/release/packages/ucl/sendmail-all.ucl +++ b/release/packages/ucl/sendmail-all.ucl @@ -1,4 +1,15 @@ -comment = "Sendmail Utilities" +comment = "sendmail mail transport agent" desc = <<EOD -Sendmail Utilities +The sendmail mail transport agent allows the system to send and receive mail +for both local and remote users. sendmail can also act as a mail exchanger +for other hosts, and has a flexible configuration format that can be used to +rewrite, filter or otherwise process mail before delivering it. + +sendmail supports multiple mail transport protocols, including Internet SMTP, +LMTP, UUCP and DECnet. Support for protocols other than SMTP and LMTP needs +third-party software not shipped with the base system. + +When the full functionality of sendmail is not required, consider using the +$PKG_NAME_PREFIX-dma package instead, a lightweight MTA which can send (but +not receive) mail over SMTP. EOD |
