Remove indefinite articles and trailing periods from COMMENT, plus minor

COMMENT typos and surrounding whitespace fixes. A few Makefiles where not
included as they contain Latin-1 characters that break the Phabricator
workflow. Category M.

CR:		D306
Approved by:	portmgr (bapt)

68 files changed, 72 insertions, 72 deletions

diff --git a/mail/atmail/Makefile b/mail/atmail/Makefile
index e7f651e51881..bfa3b1f464f0 100644
--- a/mail/atmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/atmail/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DISTNAME=	atmailopen
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tgz
 
 MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An Open Source Webmail Client
+COMMENT=	Open Source Webmail Client
 
 USE_PHP=	mysql pcre session
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}
diff --git a/mail/autosig/Makefile b/mail/autosig/Makefile
index 8a82e67103b4..7f90300b5d54 100644
--- a/mail/autosig/Makefile
+++ b/mail/autosig/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.irendi.com/~msharpe/
 
 MAINTAINER=	leeym@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A random .signature generator with header file included
+COMMENT=	Random .signature generator with header file included
 
 MAKEFILE=	makefile
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/autosig
diff --git a/mail/batv-milter/Makefile b/mail/batv-milter/Makefile
index edb1093c2f1d..3a539eafb319 100644
--- a/mail/batv-milter/Makefile
+++ b/mail/batv-milter/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail
 MASTER_SITES=	SF
 
 MAINTAINER=	umq@ueo.co.jp
-COMMENT=	A milter for BATV (Bounce Address Tag Validation)
+COMMENT=	Milter for BATV (Bounce Address Tag Validation)
 
 USE_RC_SUBR=	milter-batv
 USE_OPENSSL=	TRUE
diff --git a/mail/biabam/Makefile b/mail/biabam/Makefile
index f637586e55df..a1d557c221ae 100644
--- a/mail/biabam/Makefile
+++ b/mail/biabam/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.bayofrum.net/dist/${PORTNAME}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	crees@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A command-line attachment mailer
+COMMENT=	Command-line attachment mailer
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/mail/coolmail/Makefile b/mail/coolmail/Makefile
index 334e0c7a3743..ddb17501584f 100644
--- a/mail/coolmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/coolmail/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=system/mail/biffs
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tgz
 
 MAINTAINER=	udo.schweigert@siemens.com
-COMMENT=	A Xbiff like mail tool with animated 3D graphics
+COMMENT=	Xbiff like mail tool with animated 3D graphics
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/coolmail \
 		man/man1/coolmail.1.gz
diff --git a/mail/couriergraph/Makefile b/mail/couriergraph/Makefile
index 0a72ca5c05a2..675ea900ddd6 100644
--- a/mail/couriergraph/Makefile
+++ b/mail/couriergraph/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.oav.net/couriergraph/
 DIST_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}
 
 MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A RRDtool frontend for Courier statistics
+COMMENT=	RRDtool frontend for Courier statistics
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rrdtool>=0:${PORTSDIR}/databases/rrdtool	\
 		p5-File-Tail>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-File-Tail
diff --git a/mail/crm114/Makefile b/mail/crm114/Makefile
index c26265fa5627..4e8343e5ae67 100644
--- a/mail/crm114/Makefile
+++ b/mail/crm114/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://crm114.sourceforge.net/tarballs/
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}-${CRM114RELEASENAME}.src
 
 MAINTAINER=	chalpin@cs.wisc.edu
-COMMENT=	A Markov based SpamFilter
+COMMENT=	Markov based SpamFilter
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
diff --git a/mail/cvsmail/Makefile b/mail/cvsmail/Makefile
index 071946b7ef24..75c2218e47c2 100644
--- a/mail/cvsmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/cvsmail/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	LOCAL/pgollucci
 DISTNAME=	mailutils-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A small program to add cvsweb links to FreeBSD commit messages
+COMMENT=	Small program to add cvsweb links to FreeBSD commit messages
 
 DIST_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}
 ALL_TARGET=	cvsmail
diff --git a/mail/elm/Makefile b/mail/elm/Makefile
index 16048cf6cdfd..5d7233242fc7 100644
--- a/mail/elm/Makefile
+++ b/mail/elm/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://instinct.org/elm/files/tarballs/
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A once-popular mail user agent, version 2.5.x
+COMMENT=	Once-popular mail user agent, version 2.5.x
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	ispell:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/aspell-ispell
 
diff --git a/mail/exact/Makefile b/mail/exact/Makefile
index b8ad19d71eed..5a142a22d6d0 100644
--- a/mail/exact/Makefile
+++ b/mail/exact/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail
 MASTER_SITES=	http://adju.st/dist/exact/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A program that implements POP Before SMTP Relay Authentication
+COMMENT=	Program that implements POP Before SMTP Relay Authentication
 
 MAILUSER?=	mailnull
 MAILGROUP?=	mailnull
diff --git a/mail/extmail/Makefile b/mail/extmail/Makefile
index d14b2c328348..ef8a77988a7b 100644
--- a/mail/extmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/extmail/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://www.chifeng.name/dist/extmail/ \
 		http://mirror3.extmail.net/dist/
 
 MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A high performance webmail system
+COMMENT=	High performance webmail system
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	p5-Unix-Syslog>=0:${PORTSDIR}/sysutils/p5-Unix-Syslog
 
diff --git a/mail/ez-pine-gpg/Makefile b/mail/ez-pine-gpg/Makefile
index 5950d68de26c..880ce7051b21 100644
--- a/mail/ez-pine-gpg/Makefile
+++ b/mail/ez-pine-gpg/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_v${DISTVERSION}
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tgz
 
 MAINTAINER=	gahr@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A set of scripts to use gpg with Pine
+COMMENT=	Set of scripts to use gpg with Pine
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	gpg:${PORTSDIR}/security/gnupg
 
diff --git a/mail/gensig/Makefile b/mail/gensig/Makefile
index 622c1247ad5e..d4119fda411c 100644
--- a/mail/gensig/Makefile
+++ b/mail/gensig/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://www.geekthing.com/~robf/ware/gensig/ \
 		http://www.ooblick.com/software/gensig/
 
 MAINTAINER=	arensb+freebsd-ports@ooblick.com
-COMMENT=	A random .signature generator
+COMMENT=	Random .signature generator
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
diff --git a/mail/gotmail/Makefile b/mail/gotmail/Makefile
index 24e22a684afb..bd76076b7b09 100644
--- a/mail/gotmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/gotmail/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail perl5
 MASTER_SITES=	SF
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A script to fetch mail from a Hotmail or MSN mailbox
+COMMENT=	Script to fetch mail from a Hotmail or MSN mailbox
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	curl:${PORTSDIR}/ftp/curl \
 		p5-URI>=0:${PORTSDIR}/net/p5-URI \
diff --git a/mail/gubby/Makefile b/mail/gubby/Makefile
index 4681bb1663b8..4885e0445871 100644
--- a/mail/gubby/Makefile
+++ b/mail/gubby/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	mich@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A program showing where new mail has been placed
+COMMENT=	Program showing where new mail has been placed
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 
diff --git a/mail/hbiff/Makefile b/mail/hbiff/Makefile
index 1f678d23904e..8d8c07155d11 100644
--- a/mail/hbiff/Makefile
+++ b/mail/hbiff/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	ftp://nuxi.ucdavis.edu/pub/misc/  \
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	obrien
 
 MAINTAINER=	obrien@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A replacement for xbiff that handles popup window with mail headers
+COMMENT=	Replacement for xbiff that handles popup window with mail headers
 
 USE_XORG=	x11
 
diff --git a/mail/ifile/Makefile b/mail/ifile/Makefile
index e6a8a3cafc37..d7d2476072ee 100644
--- a/mail/ifile/Makefile
+++ b/mail/ifile/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail textproc
 MASTER_SITES=	http://people.csail.mit.edu/jrennie/ifile/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An application of machine learning to e-mail filtering
+COMMENT=	Application of machine learning to e-mail filtering
 
 USES=		gmake
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
diff --git a/mail/jamlib/Makefile b/mail/jamlib/Makefile
index 796bb55c485c..6962a21f221c 100644
--- a/mail/jamlib/Makefile
+++ b/mail/jamlib/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail
 MASTER_SITES=	SF
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A JAM subroutine library
+COMMENT=	JAM subroutine library
 
 USES=		libtool
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
diff --git a/mail/libesmtp/Makefile b/mail/libesmtp/Makefile
index fa852d4c3679..8e06a30a20ec 100644
--- a/mail/libesmtp/Makefile
+++ b/mail/libesmtp/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://www.stafford.uklinux.net/libesmtp/ \
 		GENTOO/distfiles
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A library for posting electronic mail
+COMMENT=	Library for posting electronic mail
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21
 
diff --git a/mail/librfc822/Makefile b/mail/librfc822/Makefile
index 30969c3619f8..ce70e4f20c77 100644
--- a/mail/librfc822/Makefile
+++ b/mail/librfc822/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail devel
 MASTER_SITES=	http://cryp.to/librfc2822/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ismail@EnderUNIX.org
-COMMENT=	A complete parser for RFC822 addresses
+COMMENT=	Complete parser for RFC822 addresses
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
diff --git a/mail/libvmime/Makefile b/mail/libvmime/Makefile
index 53e0cc33f050..f0a8aaab4376 100644
--- a/mail/libvmime/Makefile
+++ b/mail/libvmime/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/vmime/vmime/0.9
 
 MAINTAINER=	delphij@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An all-in-one Internet mail library
+COMMENT=	All-in-one Internet mail library
 
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	libgnutls.so:${PORTSDIR}/security/gnutls
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	libgsasl.so:${PORTSDIR}/security/gsasl
diff --git a/mail/mailgraph/Makefile b/mail/mailgraph/Makefile
index b45e58557dfa..ddafec2633cb 100644
--- a/mail/mailgraph/Makefile
+++ b/mail/mailgraph/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://mailgraph.schweikert.ch/pub/ \
 		http://mailgraph.schweikert.ch/pub/old/
 
 MAINTAINER=	rafan@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A RRDtool frontend for Postfix statistics
+COMMENT=	RRDtool frontend for Postfix statistics
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rrdtool>=0:${PORTSDIR}/databases/rrdtool	\
 		p5-File-Tail>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-File-Tail
diff --git a/mail/majordomo/Makefile b/mail/majordomo/Makefile
index 5cd979fa94ab..f612577c3fd1 100644
--- a/mail/majordomo/Makefile
+++ b/mail/majordomo/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.nuug.no/pub/anders/distfiles/ \
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tgz
 
 MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A mailing list manager
+COMMENT=	Mailing list manager
 
 USES=		shebangfix perl5
 
diff --git a/mail/mdpop3d/Makefile b/mail/mdpop3d/Makefile
index db5f60d9d65e..b6549b8ec416 100644
--- a/mail/mdpop3d/Makefile
+++ b/mail/mdpop3d/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail
 MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.corpit.ru/home/mjt/mdpop3d/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A simple and small POP3 daemon implementation with Maildir support
+COMMENT=	Simple and small POP3 daemon implementation with Maildir support
 
 PLIST_FILES=	libexec/mdpop3d man/man8/mdpop3d.8.gz
 
diff --git a/mail/milter-manager/Makefile b/mail/milter-manager/Makefile
index 950e92021c62..d2bbde12b549 100644
--- a/mail/milter-manager/Makefile
+++ b/mail/milter-manager/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail ruby
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME:S/-/%20/}/${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A super milter that can invoke several milters selectively
+COMMENT=	Super milter that can invoke several milters selectively
 
 LICENSE=	AGPLv3 GFDL GPLv3 LGPL3
 LICENSE_COMB=	multi
diff --git a/mail/mime4j/Makefile b/mail/mime4j/Makefile
index d91240c5a2ff..c285b033dcc2 100644
--- a/mail/mime4j/Makefile
+++ b/mail/mime4j/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	james/${PORTNAME}
 DISTNAME=	apache-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}-bin
 
 MAINTAINER=	ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A Java parser for e-mail message streams
+COMMENT=	Java parser for e-mail message streams
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 
diff --git a/mail/minimalist/Makefile b/mail/minimalist/Makefile
index c3cc346c64c9..0199f7cd6506 100644
--- a/mail/minimalist/Makefile
+++ b/mail/minimalist/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://www.mml.org.ua/LIST/ \
 		http://utenti.gufi.org/~gmarco/files/distfiles/
 
 MAINTAINER=	gmarco@gufi.org
-COMMENT=	A minimalistic mailing list manager
+COMMENT=	Minimalistic mailing list manager
 
 USES=		shebangfix perl5
 USE_PERL5=	run
diff --git a/mail/nmh/Makefile b/mail/nmh/Makefile
index 44101a484706..02455f282396 100644
--- a/mail/nmh/Makefile
+++ b/mail/nmh/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_SAVANNAH}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	nmh
 
 MAINTAINER=	cy@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A cleaned up MH mailer suite
+COMMENT=	Cleaned up MH mailer suite
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 
diff --git a/mail/noattach/Makefile b/mail/noattach/Makefile
index 35ca8390af81..aa56dcaa1fdc 100644
--- a/mail/noattach/Makefile
+++ b/mail/noattach/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail
 MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/noattach/
 
 MAINTAINER=	dinoex@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An attachment filter for Sendmail Milter
+COMMENT=	Attachment filter for Sendmail Milter
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_RC_SUBR=	noattach
diff --git a/mail/nocc/Makefile b/mail/nocc/Makefile
index 5428253331f5..7c63e143f522 100644
--- a/mail/nocc/Makefile
+++ b/mail/nocc/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail www
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/NOCC/${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A webmail system which access POP3 and IMAP mail servers
+COMMENT=	Webmail system which access POP3 and IMAP mail servers
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
diff --git a/mail/openwebmail/Makefile b/mail/openwebmail/Makefile
index 27c3adef5d79..f6ddc966df8f 100644
--- a/mail/openwebmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/openwebmail/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://openwebmail.acatysmoof.com/download/%SUBDIR%/ \
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR?=	release
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A webmail system designed to manage big mail folder files efficiently
+COMMENT=	Webmail system designed to manage big mail folder files efficiently
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	p5-Text-Iconv>=0:${PORTSDIR}/converters/p5-Text-Iconv
 
diff --git a/mail/ovs/Makefile b/mail/ovs/Makefile
index 969cb0f73ba4..4a1c94a3b00c 100644
--- a/mail/ovs/Makefile
+++ b/mail/ovs/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.oav.net/openvisp/stats/ \
 		http://mirror.amdmi3.ru/distfiles/
 
 MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A RRDtool frontend for mail statistics
+COMMENT=	RRDtool frontend for mail statistics
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rrdtool>=0:${PORTSDIR}/databases/rrdtool	\
 		p5-File-Tail>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-File-Tail
diff --git a/mail/p3scan/Makefile b/mail/p3scan/Makefile
index a0af6f013517..84018284c7be 100644
--- a/mail/p3scan/Makefile
+++ b/mail/p3scan/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail net
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}%20%28stable%29/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A transparent POP3-Proxy with virus-scanning capabilities
+COMMENT=	Transparent POP3-Proxy with virus-scanning capabilities
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	pcre.3:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pcre
 
diff --git a/mail/pm-lib/Makefile b/mail/pm-lib/Makefile
index ba996bfec176..9e9015b8efc0 100644
--- a/mail/pm-lib/Makefile
+++ b/mail/pm-lib/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	procmail-lib
 DISTNAME=	procmail-lib-2009.1202
 
 MAINTAINER=	pclin@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A collection of procmail plug-in modules
+COMMENT=	Collection of procmail plug-in modules
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
diff --git a/mail/pop3lite/Makefile b/mail/pop3lite/Makefile
index d1e8e57c20f1..09eb9b747767 100644
--- a/mail/pop3lite/Makefile
+++ b/mail/pop3lite/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail
 MASTER_SITES=	SF
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A flexible, modular RFC-compliant POP3 daemon
+COMMENT=	Flexible, modular RFC-compliant POP3 daemon
 
 USE_AUTOTOOLS=	libtool libltdl
 USE_GNOME=	glib12
diff --git a/mail/pop3vscan/Makefile b/mail/pop3vscan/Makefile
index fd5f4e30852b..73f18afb7c96 100644
--- a/mail/pop3vscan/Makefile
+++ b/mail/pop3vscan/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	leeym@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A transparent POP3-Proxy with virus-scanning capabilities
+COMMENT=	Transparent POP3-Proxy with virus-scanning capabilities
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	pcre.3:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pcre
 
diff --git a/mail/poppassd/Makefile b/mail/poppassd/Makefile
index 7102c4e46c28..857e3e818f86 100644
--- a/mail/poppassd/Makefile
+++ b/mail/poppassd/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME=	pwserve-4
 EXTRACT_SUFX=
 
 MAINTAINER=	tedm@ipinc.net
-COMMENT=	A server to allow users to change their password from within Eudora
+COMMENT=	Server to allow users to change their password from within Eudora
 
 EXTRACT_CMD=	${CAT}
 EXTRACT_BEFORE_ARGS=
diff --git a/mail/poppy/Makefile b/mail/poppy/Makefile
index 65124c7690ef..7fa60e6ae798 100644
--- a/mail/poppy/Makefile
+++ b/mail/poppy/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.cnpbagwell.com/
 
 MAINTAINER=	kevlo@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A client to perform simple tasks with a POP3/IMAP server
+COMMENT=	Client to perform simple tasks with a POP3/IMAP server
 
 USES=		shebangfix
 NO_BUILD=	yes
diff --git a/mail/postfix-postfwd/Makefile b/mail/postfix-postfwd/Makefile
index 2f66c39004a5..4dc1baec82b8 100644
--- a/mail/postfix-postfwd/Makefile
+++ b/mail/postfix-postfwd/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://www.${PORTNAME}.org/old/
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	postfix-
 
 MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A postfix firewall policy daemon
+COMMENT=	Postfix firewall policy daemon
 
 LICENSE=	BSD
 
diff --git a/mail/py-apolicy/Makefile b/mail/py-apolicy/Makefile
index aa9f20d3678b..2a6c918a3d3c 100644
--- a/mail/py-apolicy/Makefile
+++ b/mail/py-apolicy/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://download.gna.org/apolicy/%SUBDIR%/ \
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER?=	chifeng@gmail.com
-COMMENT=	An ACL system for Postfix, as a policy daemon
+COMMENT=	ACL system for Postfix, as a policy daemon
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/spf.py:${PORTSDIR}/mail/py-spf \
 		${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/IPy.py:${PORTSDIR}/net-mgmt/py-ipy
diff --git a/mail/qmailmrtg7/Makefile b/mail/qmailmrtg7/Makefile
index b0ec7e838862..21a8d6c43567 100644
--- a/mail/qmailmrtg7/Makefile
+++ b/mail/qmailmrtg7/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail net-mgmt
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.inter7.com/qmailmrtg7/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A program to create mrtg graphs for qmail activity
+COMMENT=	Program to create mrtg graphs for qmail activity
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
diff --git a/mail/qscan/Makefile b/mail/qscan/Makefile
index bba962d2c499..9498dda2a53a 100644
--- a/mail/qscan/Makefile
+++ b/mail/qscan/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://download.pureftpd.org/pub/qscan/ \
 		ftp://ftp.pureftpd.org/pub/pure-ftpd/misc/qscan/
 
 MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A mail filter for Qmail that scans messages with ClamAV
+COMMENT=	Mail filter for Qmail that scans messages with ClamAV
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	clamdscan:${PORTSDIR}/security/clamav \
 		ripmime:${PORTSDIR}/mail/ripmime
diff --git a/mail/qsheff/Makefile b/mail/qsheff/Makefile
index a3a2246bcadc..2619e6191cb4 100644
--- a/mail/qsheff/Makefile
+++ b/mail/qsheff/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://www.enderunix.org/qsheff/ \
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:S/.r/-r/}
 
 MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A qmail-queue replacement to filter mail traffic
+COMMENT=	Qmail-queue replacement to filter mail traffic
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/ripmime:${PORTSDIR}/mail/ripmime
 RUN_DEPENDS:=	${BUILD_DEPENDS}
diff --git a/mail/quickml/Makefile b/mail/quickml/Makefile
index 1ab5efff6568..17ec39355696 100644
--- a/mail/quickml/Makefile
+++ b/mail/quickml/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail
 MASTER_SITES=	http://0xcc.net/quickml/
 
 MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An easy-to-use mailing list system
+COMMENT=	Easy-to-use mailing list system
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
diff --git a/mail/raysfilter/Makefile b/mail/raysfilter/Makefile
index 3bef48d939de..8cb9cbf50fd9 100644
--- a/mail/raysfilter/Makefile
+++ b/mail/raysfilter/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=dinoex
 DISTNAME=	rays-filter-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	dinoex@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A configurable filter for Sendmail Milter
+COMMENT=	Configurable filter for Sendmail Milter
 
 CTARGETS+=	rays-filter
 CFLAGS+=	-Wall ${PTHREAD_CFLAGS:S=""==}
diff --git a/mail/razor-agents/Makefile b/mail/razor-agents/Makefile
index 4746736edcc6..f6970cfad526 100644
--- a/mail/razor-agents/Makefile
+++ b/mail/razor-agents/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/razor/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	garga@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A distributed, collaborative, spam detection and filtering network
+COMMENT=	Distributed, collaborative, spam detection and filtering network
 
 LICENSE=	ART10
 
diff --git a/mail/rbl-milter/Makefile b/mail/rbl-milter/Makefile
index a4fb61c9d968..33ebb113e609 100644
--- a/mail/rbl-milter/Makefile
+++ b/mail/rbl-milter/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail
 MASTER_SITES=	http://opensource.confusticate.com/rbl-milter/
 
 MAINTAINER=	dinoex@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A milter that adds mail header warnings on mail from open-relays
+COMMENT=	Milter that adds mail header warnings on mail from open-relays
 
 USES=		gmake
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
diff --git a/mail/ruby-rfilter/Makefile b/mail/ruby-rfilter/Makefile
index 367122857374..e67be6c0a540 100644
--- a/mail/ruby-rfilter/Makefile
+++ b/mail/ruby-rfilter/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME=	rubyfilter-${PORTVERSION}
 DIST_SUBDIR=	ruby
 
 MAINTAINER=	ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A Ruby library for filtering and delivering email to mailboxes
+COMMENT=	Ruby library for filtering and delivering email to mailboxes
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${RUBY_SITELIBDIR}/rmail/parser.rb:${PORTSDIR}/mail/ruby-rmail
 
diff --git a/mail/ruby-rmail/Makefile b/mail/ruby-rmail/Makefile
index cb4164b2bcaa..599c1cc43a31 100644
--- a/mail/ruby-rmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/ruby-rmail/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME=	rubymail-${PORTVERSION}
 DIST_SUBDIR=	ruby
 
 MAINTAINER=	ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A lightweight mail manipulating library for Ruby
+COMMENT=	Lightweight mail manipulating library for Ruby
 
 USE_RUBY=	yes
 USE_RUBY_SETUP=	yes
diff --git a/mail/rubygem-mailfactory/Makefile b/mail/rubygem-mailfactory/Makefile
index 45f0aa197a62..aff6f8e20c08 100644
--- a/mail/rubygem-mailfactory/Makefile
+++ b/mail/rubygem-mailfactory/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A simple to use module for generating RGC compliant MIME mail
+COMMENT=	Simple to use module for generating RGC compliant MIME mail
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-mime-types>=1.13.1:${PORTSDIR}/misc/rubygem-mime-types
 
diff --git a/mail/rubygem-qmail/Makefile b/mail/rubygem-qmail/Makefile
index 7288d53ad75f..1cd8d945fab8 100644
--- a/mail/rubygem-qmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/rubygem-qmail/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A Ruby qmail library
+COMMENT=	Ruby qmail library
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-rspec>=1.2.9:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-rspec
 
diff --git a/mail/rubygem-tmail/Makefile b/mail/rubygem-tmail/Makefile
index 6ea3a9a6fd74..ff03920c0633 100644
--- a/mail/rubygem-tmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/rubygem-tmail/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	knu@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A RFC2822/MIME compliant mail manipulating library for Ruby
+COMMENT=	RFC2822/MIME compliant mail manipulating library for Ruby
 
 USE_RUBY=	yes
 USE_RUBYGEMS=	yes
diff --git a/mail/rubygem-vmail/Makefile b/mail/rubygem-vmail/Makefile
index cf38547258b7..b9e2f50a2b70 100644
--- a/mail/rubygem-vmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/rubygem-vmail/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	hhyou@cs.nctu.edu.tw
-COMMENT=	A Vim interface to Gmail
+COMMENT=	Vim interface to Gmail
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-mail>=2.2.12:${PORTSDIR}/mail/rubygem-mail \
 		rubygem-highline>=1.6.1:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-highline \
diff --git a/mail/sentinel/Makefile b/mail/sentinel/Makefile
index 62cca5d187e4..6ed5f6a0b004 100644
--- a/mail/sentinel/Makefile
+++ b/mail/sentinel/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/smfilter/${PORTNAME}/Sentinel%20${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	dinoex@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A sendmail milter API implementation
+COMMENT=	Sendmail milter API implementation
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libpcre.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pcre
 
diff --git a/mail/sid-milter/Makefile b/mail/sid-milter/Makefile
index 98797e4e2495..0e1c66306914 100644
--- a/mail/sid-milter/Makefile
+++ b/mail/sid-milter/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/SenderID%20Milter/${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	dinoex@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An sid and spf milter for Sendmail
+COMMENT=	sid and spf milter for Sendmail
 
 RESTRICTED=	May incorporate intellectual property, possible patent issues
 
diff --git a/mail/smtprc/Makefile b/mail/smtprc/Makefile
index cae0d932fe90..6bbd0dd3248c 100644
--- a/mail/smtprc/Makefile
+++ b/mail/smtprc/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tgz
 
 MAINTAINER=	mich@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A scanner for open SMTP relays
+COMMENT=	Scanner for open SMTP relays
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS GUI
 
diff --git a/mail/spamcup/Makefile b/mail/spamcup/Makefile
index 623096d309c8..9bd12a2ffeee 100644
--- a/mail/spamcup/Makefile
+++ b/mail/spamcup/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail
 MASTER_SITES=	SF
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A tool for automatic spam reporting via Spamcop.net
+COMMENT=	Tool for automatic spam reporting via Spamcop.net
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv1
 
diff --git a/mail/spamilter/Makefile b/mail/spamilter/Makefile
index b774808e1944..074c7461d544 100644
--- a/mail/spamilter/Makefile
+++ b/mail/spamilter/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	dinoex
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tgz
 
 MAINTAINER=	dinoex@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A Sendmail LibMilter filter to block spam
+COMMENT=	Sendmail LibMilter filter to block spam
 
 LICENSE=	BSD4CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
diff --git a/mail/spamstats/Makefile b/mail/spamstats/Makefile
index 8619e8cda9eb..7b33865259bd 100644
--- a/mail/spamstats/Makefile
+++ b/mail/spamstats/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_LOCAL}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	leeym
 
 MAINTAINER=	leeym@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A tool to generate statistics for spamd of Mail::SpamAssassin
+COMMENT=	Tool to generate statistics for spamd of Mail::SpamAssassin
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	p5-Date-Manip>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Date-Manip \
 		p5-Compress-Bzip2>=2.08:${PORTSDIR}/archivers/p5-Compress-Bzip2
diff --git a/mail/squirrelmail-plugins/Makefile b/mail/squirrelmail-plugins/Makefile
index b02bdfa84bb7..73e68dd03aff 100644
--- a/mail/squirrelmail-plugins/Makefile
+++ b/mail/squirrelmail-plugins/Makefile
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Created by: Gerrit Beine <gerrit.beine@gmx.de>
 # $FreeBSD$
 
-PORTNAME=		squirrelmail-plugins
+PORTNAME=	squirrelmail-plugins
 PORTVERSION=	1.0
 PORTREVISION=	2
-CATEGORIES=		mail www
+CATEGORIES=	mail www
 MASTER_SITES=	# none
-DISTFILES=		# none
+DISTFILES=	# none
 
-MAINTAINER=		ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=		A "meta-port" to install SquirrelMail plugins
+MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	"meta-port" to install SquirrelMail plugins
 
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 NO_MTREE=	yes
diff --git a/mail/squirrelmail/Makefile b/mail/squirrelmail/Makefile
index 3f78524d5acc..83e4950986d9 100644
--- a/mail/squirrelmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/squirrelmail/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}_0200-SVN.stable
 DIST_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}
 
 MAINTAINER=	adamw@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A webmail system which accesses mail over IMAP
+COMMENT=	Webmail system which accesses mail over IMAP
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
diff --git a/mail/tkrat2/Makefile b/mail/tkrat2/Makefile
index 7defdadde5d3..257f9452aa65 100644
--- a/mail/tkrat2/Makefile
+++ b/mail/tkrat2/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://tkrat.org/downloads/stable/ \
 		ftp://ftp.tkrat.org/pub/tkrat/
 
 MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A mail user agent for X with a Tcl/Tk user interface
+COMMENT=	Mail user agent for X with a Tcl/Tk user interface
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	tcl84:${PORTSDIR}/lang/tcl84 \
 		tk84:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/tk84 \
diff --git a/mail/usendmail/Makefile b/mail/usendmail/Makefile
index 6ba8fa21513f..b1ee3cad3592 100644
--- a/mail/usendmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/usendmail/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.ohse.de/uwe/usendmail/
 
 MAINTAINER=	tmseck@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A replacement for qmail's sendmail drop-in
+COMMENT=	Replacement for qmail's sendmail drop-in
 
 USES=		qmail
 
diff --git a/mail/vacation/Makefile b/mail/vacation/Makefile
index 745f3c232017..1db4532273a1 100644
--- a/mail/vacation/Makefile
+++ b/mail/vacation/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	pool/main/v/vacation/
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu
-COMMENT=	A email autoresponder, similar to vacation from sendmail
+COMMENT=	Email autoresponder, similar to vacation from sendmail
 
 USE_BDB=	yes
 
diff --git a/mail/vbsfilter/Makefile b/mail/vbsfilter/Makefile
index a47244fc2888..89f170707294 100644
--- a/mail/vbsfilter/Makefile
+++ b/mail/vbsfilter/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX=	.c
 EXTRACT_ONLY=	# empty
 
 MAINTAINER=	dinoex@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A vbs-attachment filter for Sendmail Milter
+COMMENT=	Vbs-attachment filter for Sendmail Milter
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
diff --git a/mail/vm-pop3d/Makefile b/mail/vm-pop3d/Makefile
index 9c8c9378fb8d..0398ee57eddb 100644
--- a/mail/vm-pop3d/Makefile
+++ b/mail/vm-pop3d/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_SUNSITE}	\
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	system/mail/pop
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A virtual POP3 server
+COMMENT=	Virtual POP3 server
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
diff --git a/mail/wmbiff/Makefile b/mail/wmbiff/Makefile
index b34cff8ffc25..0e4b3fced4b9 100644
--- a/mail/wmbiff/Makefile
+++ b/mail/wmbiff/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	mail windowmaker afterstep
 MASTER_SITES=	SF
 
 MAINTAINER=	garga@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An xbiff-like Window Maker dock app
+COMMENT=	xbiff-like Window Maker dock app
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
diff --git a/mail/xbuffy/Makefile b/mail/xbuffy/Makefile
index fa7aede567dc..da95a875c03e 100644
--- a/mail/xbuffy/Makefile
+++ b/mail/xbuffy/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://www.fiction.net/blong/programs/xbuffy/
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-3.3.bl.3
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A replacement for xbiff that handles multiple mail files
+COMMENT=	Replacement for xbiff that handles multiple mail files
 
 USE_XORG=	xext xt xaw
 USES=		gmake