Subject: Re: mail.local
To: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
From: John Nemeth <jnemeth@victoria.tc.ca>
List: current-users
Date: 01/14/2005 03:32:10
On Jun 2, 12:09pm, "Perry E. Metzger" wrote:
} jnemeth@victoria.tc.ca (John Nemeth) writes:
} > Just wondering when NetBSD is going to supply a decent (modern)
} > version of mail.local (i.e. one that is capable of doing LMTP)?
} 
} There are several assumptions implicit there, including the that
} someone is working on this (which I'm unaware of) and the idea that

     We could just grab the version from sendmail unless there is a
problem with the licence.

} the lack of LMTP is a significant problem. On the latter, I have to
} confess I've never felt its lack...

     However, that would be you.  My message was sent because of
frustrations at having mail problems due to the out of date
mail.local.  I have this strange idea that something named mail.local
should behave the same as the one supplied with sendmail.

}-- End of excerpt from "Perry E. Metzger"