David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote: > Does libexec/mail.local serve any purpose in base now that we've > banished sendmail? Postfix has its own local delivery. Yes, in theory: other MTAs may use it for local delivery. Example: qmail's installation instructions suggest mail.local for *BSD systems wanting to maintain mail boxes under /var/mail; see point #3 in the following: http://cr.yp.to/qmail/vsm.txt which is linked to from "Moving large sendmail sites to qmail": http://cr.yp.to/qmail/sendmail.html I think mail.local might as well be kept; having something in the base system that can safely write mail messages to mail boxes under /var/mail is useful, and while it is under /usr/libexec it is a documented interface with mail.local(8). In the absence of a mbox(5) manual page the mail.local source also serves as documentation of the locking protocol for mail box files on NetBSD. Regards, Giles