diff --git a/mail/freepops/Makefile b/mail/freepops/Makefile
index 71dfe11179ae..0502a8f9c324 100644
--- a/mail/freepops/Makefile
+++ b/mail/freepops/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	freepops
-PORTVERSION=	0.0.26
+PORTVERSION=	0.0.27
 CATEGORIES=	mail
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	freepops
@@ -24,16 +24,29 @@ HAS_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_REINPLACE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_SCRIPT=	configure.sh
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	fbsd
-MAKE_ARGS=	PTHREAD_CFLAGS="${PTHREAD_CFLAGS}"	\
-		PTHREAD_LIBS="${PTHREAD_LIBS}"
 
-pre-configure:
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|^WHERE=\/usr\/local\/|WHERE=${PREFIX}\/|g" \
-			${WRKSRC}/${CONFIGURE_SCRIPT}
+post-patch:
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e \
+		's|\(WHERE=\)/usr/local|\1${PREFIX}|; \
+		 s|/usr/local|${LOCALBASE}|; \
+		 s|^CC=gcc||; \
+		 s|-O2 -g3|${CFLAGS}|' \
+		${WRKSRC}/${CONFIGURE_SCRIPT}
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e \
+		's|$$(PREFIX)|${PREFIX}/|; \
+		 s|share/\(man/man1\)|\1|; \
+		 s|$$(DESTDIR)\(/etc/freepops\)|${PREFIX}\1|; \
+		 s|\(cp config\.lua\) .*|\1 ${PREFIX}/etc/freepops/config.lua.sample|' \
+		${WRKSRC}/Makefile
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e \
+		's|\($$(CFLAGS)\)|\1 ${PTHREAD_CFLAGS}|; \
+		 s|\($$(LDFLAGS)\)|\1 ${PTHREAD_LIBS}|' \
+		${WRKSRC}/modules/src/luafull/Makefile
 
 post-install:
-.if !defined(BATCH)
-	@${CAT} ${PKGMESSAGE}
-.endif
+	@${CHMOD} ${SHAREMODE} ${DATADIR}/lua/*.lua
+	@[ -f ${PREFIX}/etc/freepops/config.lua ] || \
+		${CP} -f ${PREFIX}/etc/freepops/config.lua.sample \
+		${PREFIX}/etc/freepops/config.lua
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/mail/freepops/distinfo b/mail/freepops/distinfo
index 234510456e7d..5cd87af40a02 100644
--- a/mail/freepops/distinfo
+++ b/mail/freepops/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-MD5 (freepops-0.0.26.tar.gz) = 03fdaed5dd6401608583f3e3785600cb
-SIZE (freepops-0.0.26.tar.gz) = 1851909
+MD5 (freepops-0.0.27.tar.gz) = f4842a2666ec8e439fd08e1f38a46d4e
+SIZE (freepops-0.0.27.tar.gz) = 1851699
diff --git a/mail/freepops/files/patch-Makefile b/mail/freepops/files/patch-Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 82c76c637725..000000000000
--- a/mail/freepops/files/patch-Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
---- ../freepops-0.0.23/Makefile	Thu Dec 23 18:36:38 2004
-+++ ./Makefile	Mon Feb 14 16:36:23 2005
-@@ -55,20 +55,20 @@
- 	
- install: all
- 	$(H)mkdir -p $(PREFIX)
--	$(H)mkdir -p $(PREFIX)bin
--	$(H)mkdir -p $(PREFIX)share/freepops/lua/
--	$(H)mkdir -p $(PREFIX)share/freepops/lua_unofficial/
--	$(H)mkdir -p $(PREFIX)share/doc/freepops/
--	$(H)mkdir -p $(PREFIX)share/man/man1/
--	$(H)mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/etc/freepops
--	$(H)cp src/freepopsd$(EXECSUFFIX) $(PREFIX)bin
-+	$(H)mkdir -p $(PREFIX)/bin
-+	$(H)mkdir -p $(PREFIX)/share/freepops/lua/
-+	$(H)mkdir -p $(PREFIX)/share/freepops/lua_unofficial/
-+	$(H)mkdir -p $(PREFIX)/share/doc/freepops/
-+	$(H)mkdir -p $(PREFIX)/man/man1/
-+	$(H)mkdir -p $(PREFIX)/etc/freepops
-+	$(H)cp src/freepopsd$(EXECSUFFIX) $(PREFIX)/bin
- 	$(H)cp src/lua/*.lua modules/include/*.lua config.lua \
--		$(PREFIX)share/freepops/lua/
--	$(H)cp doc/freepopsd.1  $(PREFIX)share/man/man1/
--	$(H)cp doc/manual*.pdf  $(PREFIX)share/doc/freepops/ 2>/dev/null ||\
--		cp doc/MANUAL.txt  $(PREFIX)share/doc/freepops/ 2>/dev/null || \
-+		$(PREFIX)/share/freepops/lua/
-+	$(H)cp doc/freepopsd.1  $(PREFIX)/man/man1/
-+	$(H)cp doc/manual*.pdf  $(PREFIX)/share/doc/freepops/ 2>/dev/null ||\
-+		cp doc/MANUAL.txt  $(PREFIX)/share/doc/freepops/ 2>/dev/null || \
- 		true
--	$(H)cp config.lua $(DESTDIR)/etc/freepops/
-+	$(H)cp config.lua $(PREFIX)/etc/freepops/config.lua.sample
- 
- uninstall:
- 	$(H)rm -f $(DESTDIR)/etc/freepops/config.lua
diff --git a/mail/freepops/files/patch-configure.sh b/mail/freepops/files/patch-configure.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 558375854933..000000000000
--- a/mail/freepops/files/patch-configure.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
---- configure.sh.orig	Wed Jan  5 17:13:08 2005
-+++ configure.sh	Sat Mar  5 21:29:33 2005
-@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
- }
- 
- set_default() {
--CC=gcc
-+#CC=gcc
- LD=ld
- AR=ar
- STRIP=strip
-@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
- EXEEXTENSION=
- STATICEXTENSION=.a
- SHAREDEXTENSION=.so
--CFLAGS="-O2 -g3 -Wall -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I$PWD"
-+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I$PWD"
- HCFLAGS=$CFLAGS
- LDFLAGS=""
- HLDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS
diff --git a/mail/freepops/files/patch-modules::src::luafull::Makefile b/mail/freepops/files/patch-modules::src::luafull::Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index ee968e167c89..000000000000
--- a/mail/freepops/files/patch-modules::src::luafull::Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
---- modules/src/luafull/Makefile.orig	Thu Nov 25 15:03:03 2004
-+++ modules/src/luafull/Makefile	Fri Mar 11 14:43:58 2005
-@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
- CFLAGS += -I$(PREFIX)/include -I. \
- 	-DUSE_DLOPEN=1
- else
--CFLAGS += -I$(PREFIX)/include -I. -DUSE_POPEN=1 \
-+CFLAGS += -I$(PREFIX)/include -I. -DUSE_POPEN=1 $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS) \
- 	-DUSE_DLOPEN=1 -DUSE_READLINE=1 -DLUA_USERCONFIG=\"saconfig.c\"
- endif
- 
- 
- LDFLAGS += -L$(PREFIX)/lib
- ifeq "$(OS)" "FreeBSD"
--	LDFLAGS+= -llua -llualib -lm
-+	LDFLAGS+= $(PTHREAD_LIBS) -llua -llualib -lm
- else
-  ifeq "$(OS)" "OpenBSD"
-  	LDFLAGS+= -llua -llualib -lm
diff --git a/mail/freepops/files/patch-src::Makefile b/mail/freepops/files/patch-src::Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e31925e8c53..000000000000
--- a/mail/freepops/files/patch-src::Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
---- src/Makefile.orig	Tue Nov 16 17:31:31 2004
-+++ src/Makefile	Fri Mar 11 15:02:48 2005
-@@ -41,11 +41,17 @@
- 	CFLAGS+= -DFREEPOPSLUA_PATH_UNOFFICIAL=\"$HOME/config/settings/freepops/lua_unofficial/\"
- 
- else
-+ifeq "$(OS)" "FreeBSD"
-+	CFLAGS+= -DFREEPOPSLUA_PATH=\"$HOME/config/settings/freepops/lua/\"
-+	CFLAGS+= -DFREEPOPSLUA_PATH_UNOFFICIAL=\"$HOME/config/settings/freepops/lua_unofficial/\"
-+	CFLAGS+= $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS)
-+else
- 	CFLAGS+= -DFREEPOPSLUA_PATH=\"$(PREFIX)share/freepops/lua/\"
- 	CFLAGS+= -DFREEPOPSLUA_PATH_UNOFFICIAL=\"$(PREFIX)share/freepops/lua_unofficial/\"
- endif
- endif
- endif
-+endif
- 
- ifeq "$(OS)" "Cygwin"
- 	CFLAGS+= -I/usr/include
-@@ -132,7 +138,7 @@
- else
- ifeq "$(OS)" "FreeBSD"
-         LIBSTOLINK+= getopt     
--        LDFLAGS+=-L../modules/lib $(addprefix -l,$(LIBSTOLINK)) -lm -pthread \
-+        LDFLAGS+=-L../modules/lib $(addprefix -l,$(LIBSTOLINK)) -lm $(PTHREAD_LIBS) \
-                 $(CURL_LD_FLAGS) $(EXPAT_LD_FLAGS)
- else
- ifeq "$(OS)" "Cygwin"
diff --git a/mail/freepops/pkg-message b/mail/freepops/pkg-message
deleted file mode 100644
index 0823f1b229b1..000000000000
--- a/mail/freepops/pkg-message
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Don't forget to copy ${PREFIX}/etc/freepops/config.lua.sample to
-${PREFIX}/etc/freepops/config.lua before running freepopsd
diff --git a/mail/freepops/pkg-plist b/mail/freepops/pkg-plist
index 8773d34d7fc5..2b5fb2c6d38f 100644
--- a/mail/freepops/pkg-plist
+++ b/mail/freepops/pkg-plist
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 bin/freepopsd
+@unexec if cmp -s %D/etc/freepops/config.lua %D/etc/freepops/config.lua.sample; then rm -f %D/etc/freepops/config.lua; fi
 etc/freepops/config.lua.sample
+@exec [ -f %B/config.lua ] || cp %B/%f %B/config.lua
 %%DOCSDIR%%/MANUAL.txt
 %%DATADIR%%/lua/aggregator.lua
 %%DATADIR%%/lua/aol.lua
@@ -36,7 +38,4 @@ etc/freepops/config.lua.sample
 @dirrm %%DATADIR%%
 @dirrm %%DOCSDIR%%
 @unexec rmdir %D/etc/freepops 2>/dev/null || true
-@exec mkdir -p %D/share/freepops/lua
 @exec mkdir -p %D/share/freepops/lua_unofficial
-@exec mkdir -p %D/share/doc/freepops
-@exec mkdir -p %D/etc/freepops