diff --git a/comms/sms_client/Makefile b/comms/sms_client/Makefile
index 2b3df0ca929d..b3562d091832 100644
--- a/comms/sms_client/Makefile
+++ b/comms/sms_client/Makefile
@@ -1,47 +1,49 @@
 PORTNAME=	sms_client
 PORTVERSION=	3.0.2
 PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	comms
 MASTER_SITES=	https://BSDforge.com/projects/source/comms/sms_client/
 
-MAINTAINER=	portmaster@bsdforge.com
+MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Simple UNIX SMS client to send messages to phones or pagers
 WWW=		https://bsdforge.com/projects/comms/sms_client/
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL20+
 
 BROKEN=		Unfetchable
+DEPRECATED=	Abandonware, dead upstream and relies on legacy hardware and or networks that are obsolete
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2024-02-29
 
 USES=		tar:xz
 HAS_CONFIGURE=	yes
 SPOOL=		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/var/spool/sms
 
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes
 
 post-configure:
 	@${SED} -e 's@gcc@${CC}@g' -e 's@-Wall@${CFLAGS} -Wall@g' \
 		${FILESDIR}/Makefile.config > ${WRKSRC}/Makefile.config
 
 post-patch:
 	@${MV} ${WRKSRC}/sms/services/vodafone_autralia \
 		${WRKSRC}/sms/services/vodafone_australia
 	@${RM} ${WRKSRC}/sms/services/att_web.orig
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/bin/sms_client \
 		${WRKSRC}/bin/sms_address ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 	cd ${WRKSRC}; ${COPYTREE_SHARE} sms/scripts ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc
 	cd ${WRKSRC}; ${COPYTREE_SHARE} sms/services ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc
 	cd ${WRKSRC}/sms && ${INSTALL_DATA} sms_addressbook \
 		sms_config sms_daemons sms_modem sms_services \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/sms
 	cd ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/sms/services ; ${FIND} -s * -type f \
 		-exec mkdir -p ${SPOOL}/errors/{} \; \
 		-exec mkdir -p ${SPOOL}/services/{} \; \
 		-exec touch ${SPOOL}/errors/{}/.keep \; \
 		-exec touch ${SPOOL}/services/{}/.keep \;
 	${MKDIR} -p ${SPOOL}/named_pipes ${SPOOL}/locks ${SPOOL}/incoming
 	${TOUCH} ${SPOOL}/named_pipes/.keep ${SPOOL}/locks/.keep \
 		${SPOOL}/incoming/.keep
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>