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| author | sheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-04-30 18:37:12 +0800 |
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| committer | sheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-04-30 18:37:12 +0800 |
| commit | 8b9539fe88610c3618566953493cecefe5f543c6 (patch) | |
| tree | 3bc4462b98c8c7e93c7d96b88515c754dcb9f5e6 /mail/exim | |
| parent | de8e3ecd505bee533a101f42e7352019c2bbe866 (diff) | |
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Simplify the description.
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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/ |