diff --git a/mail/mimedefang/Makefile b/mail/mimedefang/Makefile
index 037ff5d48bcd..7bcb58ac620e 100644
--- a/mail/mimedefang/Makefile
+++ b/mail/mimedefang/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	mimedefang
 PORTVERSION=	2.84
+PORTREVISION=	1
+
 CATEGORIES=	mail
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.mimedefang.org/static/ \
 		http://fossies.org/linux/misc/
diff --git a/mail/mimedefang/files/patch-examples__init-script.in b/mail/mimedefang/files/patch-examples__init-script.in
index 00fb159a37c1..9483e3f663d1 100644
--- a/mail/mimedefang/files/patch-examples__init-script.in
+++ b/mail/mimedefang/files/patch-examples__init-script.in
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 --- examples/init-script.in.orig	2017-09-07 17:52:24 UTC
 +++ examples/init-script.in
-@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ export LC_ALL
+@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@
+ # BEFORE: mail
+ # KEYWORD: shutdown
+ 
++. /etc/rc.subr
++
++# read settings, set default values
++load_rc_config "$name"
++
++: ${mimedefang_mx_max_rss=100000}
++: ${mimedefang_mx_max_as=300000}
++
+ RETVAL=0
+ prog='mimedefang'
+ SPOOLDIR='@SPOOLDIR@'
+@@ -41,6 +49,12 @@ export LC_ALL
  # The socket used by mimedefang to communicate with sendmail
  # SOCKET=$SPOOLDIR/mimedefang.sock
  
@@ -13,21 +28,21 @@
  # Run the multiplexor and filters as this user, not root.  RECOMMENDED
  MX_USER=@DEFANGUSER@
  
-@@ -138,11 +144,11 @@ MX_MAXIMUM=10
+@@ -138,11 +152,11 @@ MX_MAXIMUM=10
  
  # Limit worker processes' resident-set size to this many kilobytes.  Default
  # is unlimited.
 -# MX_MAX_RSS=10000
-+MX_MAX_RSS=100000
++MX_MAX_RSS=${mimedefang_mx_max_rss}
  
  # Limit total size of worker processes' memory space to this many kilobytes.
  # Default is unlimited.
 -# MX_MAX_AS=30000
-+MX_MAX_AS=300000
++MX_MAX_AS=${mimedefang_mx_max_as}
  
  # If you want to use the "notification" facility, set the appropriate port.
  # See the mimedefang-notify man page for details.
-@@ -189,7 +195,7 @@ then
+@@ -189,7 +203,7 @@ then
      . /etc/rc.subr
  
      name=$prog
@@ -36,7 +51,7 @@
      # default to not enabled, enable in rc.conf
      eval $rcvar=\${$rcvar:-NO}
  
-@@ -199,6 +205,7 @@ then
+@@ -199,6 +213,7 @@ then
      procname=$PROGDIR/$prog-multiplexor
      start_cmd="start_it"
      stop_cmd="stop_it"
@@ -44,7 +59,7 @@
      sig_reload="INT"
      reread_cmd="reread_it"
      # provide both "reload", the FreeBSD default, with a direct signal to
-@@ -209,6 +216,8 @@ fi
+@@ -209,6 +224,8 @@ fi
  # Make sure required vars are set
  SOCKET=${SOCKET:=$SPOOLDIR/$prog.sock}
  MX_SOCKET=${MX_SOCKET:=$SPOOLDIR/$prog-multiplexor.sock}
@@ -53,7 +68,7 @@
  
  start_it() {
      if test -r $PID ; then
-@@ -294,6 +303,29 @@ start_it() {
+@@ -294,6 +311,29 @@ start_it() {
  	kill `cat $MXPID`
  	return 1
      fi
@@ -83,7 +98,7 @@
      return 0
  }
  
-@@ -329,7 +361,7 @@ stop_it() {
+@@ -329,7 +369,7 @@ stop_it() {
      rm -f $MX_SOCKET > /dev/null 2>&1
      rm -f $SOCKET > /dev/null 2>&1
  
@@ -92,16 +107,16 @@
  	printf "Waiting for daemons to exit."
  	WAITPID=""
  	test -f $PID && WAITPID=`cat $PID`
-@@ -381,6 +413,12 @@ reread_it() {
+@@ -379,6 +419,12 @@ reread_it() {
+ 		echo "Could not find process-ID of $prog-multiplexor"
+ 	    fi
  	fi
- }
- 
++}
++
 +restart_it() {
 +    stop_it wait
 +    start_it
 +    RETVAL=$?
-+}
-+
+ }
+ 
  if type run_rc_command > /dev/null 2>&1
- then
-     # NetBSD/FreeBSD compatible startup script