diff --git a/recipes/opensmtpd/Makefile b/recipes/opensmtpd/Makefile
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+++ b/recipes/opensmtpd/Makefile
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+name = opensmtpd
+version = 6.8.0p2
+URL = https://www.opensmtpd.org/archives/$(name)-$(version).tar.gz
+
+build-dependencies = bison libasr
+
+SYSCONF ?= ../../
+include $(SYSCONF)/package.mk
diff --git a/recipes/opensmtpd/README b/recipes/opensmtpd/README
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+TODO: add this to a future install script
+(from alpine)
+
+addgroup -S smtpd 2>/dev/null
+addgroup -S smtpq 2>/dev/null
+adduser -S -D -H -h /dev/null -s /sbin/nologin -G smtpd -g 'SMTP Daemon' smtpd 2>/dev/null
+adduser -S -D -H -h /dev/null -s /sbin/nologin -G smtpq -g 'SMTPD Queue' smtpq 2>/dev/null
+mkdir -p /var/mail