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diff --git a/release/packages/ucl/sendmail-all.ucl b/release/packages/ucl/sendmail-all.ucl index 2711e33a31a8..38f697da24fc 100644 --- a/release/packages/ucl/sendmail-all.ucl +++ b/release/packages/ucl/sendmail-all.ucl @@ -1,4 +1,15 @@ -comment = "Sendmail Utilities" +comment = "sendmail mail transport agent" desc = <<EOD -Sendmail Utilities +The sendmail mail transport agent allows the system to send and receive mail +for both local and remote users. sendmail can also act as a mail exchanger +for other hosts, and has a flexible configuration format that can be used to +rewrite, filter or otherwise process mail before delivering it. + +sendmail supports multiple mail transport protocols, including Internet SMTP, +LMTP, UUCP and DECnet. Support for protocols other than SMTP and LMTP needs +third-party software not shipped with the base system. + +When the full functionality of sendmail is not required, consider using the +$PKG_NAME_PREFIX-dma package instead, a lightweight MTA which can send (but +not receive) mail over SMTP. EOD |