1*1fc995f9SLexi Wintercomment = "sendmail mail transport agent" 229121751SLexi Winterdesc = <<EOD 3*1fc995f9SLexi WinterThe sendmail mail transport agent allows the system to send and receive mail 4*1fc995f9SLexi Winterfor both local and remote users. sendmail can also act as a mail exchanger 5*1fc995f9SLexi Winterfor other hosts, and has a flexible configuration format that can be used to 6*1fc995f9SLexi Winterrewrite, filter or otherwise process mail before delivering it. 7*1fc995f9SLexi Winter 8*1fc995f9SLexi Wintersendmail supports multiple mail transport protocols, including Internet SMTP, 9*1fc995f9SLexi WinterLMTP, UUCP and DECnet. Support for protocols other than SMTP and LMTP needs 10*1fc995f9SLexi Winterthird-party software not shipped with the base system. 11*1fc995f9SLexi Winter 12*1fc995f9SLexi WinterWhen the full functionality of sendmail is not required, consider using the 13*1fc995f9SLexi Winter$PKG_NAME_PREFIX-dma package instead, a lightweight MTA which can send (but 14*1fc995f9SLexi Winternot receive) mail over SMTP. 1529121751SLexi WinterEOD 16