diff --git a/mail/sympa/Makefile b/mail/sympa/Makefile
index a70c2171bb51..0b7c321f0159 100644
--- a/mail/sympa/Makefile
+++ b/mail/sympa/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	sympa
-PORTVERSION?=	4.0.a8
+PORTVERSION?=	4.0.b2
 CATEGORIES=	mail
 MASTER_SITES?=	http://www.sympa.org/distribution/
 
diff --git a/mail/sympa/distinfo b/mail/sympa/distinfo
index be06b20fa151..ecc3ec30fbfd 100644
--- a/mail/sympa/distinfo
+++ b/mail/sympa/distinfo
@@ -1 +1 @@
-MD5 (sympa-4.0.a8.tar.gz) = 1d30040e1774d10372c30cd94abba579
+MD5 (sympa-4.0.b2.tar.gz) = 428c1d3f0750296eb161fb28cb9675f1
diff --git a/mail/sympa/files/patch-soap-sympa_soap_server.fcgi b/mail/sympa/files/patch-soap-sympa_soap_server.fcgi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..53d72703c11e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mail/sympa/files/patch-soap-sympa_soap_server.fcgi
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- soap/sympa_soap_server.fcgi	2003/11/28 18:16:39
++++ soap/sympa_soap_server.fcgi	2003/12/28 18:16:39
+@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
+ my $server = SOAP::Transport::HTTP::FCGI::Sympa->new(); 
+ 
+ #$server->dispatch_with({'urn:Sympa' => 'sympasoap'});
+-$server->dispatch_to('/home/sympa/bin','sympasoap');
++$server->dispatch_to('--LIBDIR--','sympasoap');
+ 
+ $server->handle($birthday);
+ 
+
diff --git a/mail/sympa/files/patch-src-etc-script-orphan_killer.pl b/mail/sympa/files/patch-src-etc-script-orphan_killer.pl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0ba62614fa2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mail/sympa/files/patch-src-etc-script-orphan_killer.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- src/etc/script/orphan_killer.pl	2003/11/28 18:16:39
++++ src/etc/script/orphan_killer.pl	2003/12/02 16:32:40
+@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
+ # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ 
+-use lib '/home/sympa/bin';
++use lib '--LIBDIR--';
+ 
+ use Conf;
+ ## Change to your wwsympa.conf location
+
diff --git a/mail/sympa/files/patch-wwsympa-wwsympa.fcgi b/mail/sympa/files/patch-wwsympa-wwsympa.fcgi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..402cd50160cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mail/sympa/files/patch-wwsympa-wwsympa.fcgi
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+--- wwsympa/wwsympa.fcgi	2003/11/28 18:16:39
++++ wwsympa/wwsympa.fcgi	2003/12/28 18:16:39
+@@ -3523,10 +3523,10 @@
+ 	 close MSG;
+ 
+ 	 $param->{'spool'}{$id}{'size'} = int( (-s "$Conf{'queuemod'}/$msg") / 1024 + 0.5);
+-	 $param->{'spool'}{$id}{'subject'} =  &MIME::Words::decode_mimewords($mail->head->get('Subject'));
++	 $param->{'spool'}{$id}{'subject'} =  &tools::decode_mimewords($mail->head->get('Subject'));
+ 	 $param->{'spool'}{$id}{'subject'} ||= 'no_subject';
+ 	 $param->{'spool'}{$id}{'date'} = $mail->head->get('Date');
+-	 $param->{'spool'}{$id}{'from'} = &MIME::Words::decode_mimewords($mail->head->get('From'));
++	 $param->{'spool'}{$id}{'from'} = &tools::decode_mimewords($mail->head->get('From'));
+ 	 foreach my $field ('subject','date','from') {
+ 	     $param->{'spool'}{$id}{$field} =~ s/</&lt;/;
+ 	     $param->{'spool'}{$id}{$field} =~ s/>/&gt;/;
+@@ -3595,7 +3595,7 @@
+ 	     unless  ($#sender_hdr == -1) {
+ 		 my $rejected_sender = $sender_hdr[0]->address;
+ 		 my %context;
+-		 $context{'subject'} = &MIME::Words::decode_mimewords($msg->head->get('subject'));
++		 $context{'subject'} = &tools::decode_mimewords($msg->head->get('subject'));
+ 		 $context{'rejected_by'} = $param->{'user'}{'email'};
+ 		 $list->send_file('reject', $rejected_sender, $robot, \%context);
+ 	     }
+@@ -4352,7 +4352,7 @@
+ 
+      ## Decode subject header fields
+      foreach my $m (@{$param->{'res'}}) {
+-	 $m->{'subj'} = &MIME::Words::decode_mimewords($m->{'subj'});
++	 $m->{'subj'} = &tools::decode_mimewords($m->{'subj'});
+      }
+ 
+      return 1;
+@@ -9020,7 +9020,7 @@
+      ($param->{'local_to'},$param->{'domain_to'}) = split ('@',$param->{'to'});
+ 
+      $param->{'mailto'}= &mailto($list,$param->{'to'});
+-     $param->{'subject'}= &MIME::Words::encode_mimewords($in{'subject'});
++     $param->{'subject'}= $in{'subject'}; # &tools::encode_mimewords($in{'subject'});
+      $param->{'in_reply_to'}= $in{'in_reply_to'};
+      $param->{'message_id'} = &tools::get_message_id($robot);
+      return 1;