cvs commit: ports/mail/procmail Makefile

Matthias Andree mandree at FreeBSD.org
Tue Aug 30 15:58:58 UTC 2011


On the procmail depracation topic, Warren Block wrote:

> Some initial searching shows that maildrop is a functional replacement
> and can be used with sendmail's local_procmail feature, but the rules
> are different.  There could be other functionality which users depend
> on, like formail, which a replacement might not have.

maildrop comes with reformail. It, too, has different options than
procmail, but by and large it fits the bill.

> For now, a pkg-message for mail/procmail that suggests alternates, and
> why, would give users some time to prepare.

OK. Good suggestion. Thank you.

Best regards,
Matthias


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