FreeBSD port / mta.in script

[Mike Jakubik]

Koopmann, Jan-Peter wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> due to an error during a port commit the mta.sh script examples are not
> complete for sendmail. This is what you want in rc.conf for the mta.sh
> script to work with sendmail:
>   

Jan-Peter,

What is the advantage of using this mta.sh script? I have always used 
the system to start the MTA (postfix in my case), and have had no problems.