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+maintainer        "Opscode, Inc."
+maintainer_email  "cookbooks@opscode.com"
+license           "Apache 2.0"
+description       "Configures postfix"
+long_description  "Configures#{cookbook.name}"
+version           "0.7"
+recipe            "postfix::sasl_auth"
+
+attribute         "postfix",
+  :display_name => "",
+  :description => "",
+  :recipes => [ "postfix" ],
+  :default => ""