This is looking more and more like a howto, maybe you should post a thread in the Howto forum, describing the best procedure to get FreeBSD running on an iMac G3? :)
If you really want to start small, fixing PR's in the bug database is the way to go. That way you'll learn how the project works and how to submit patches. There is a crapload of stuff that are important for new hackers to know about, like for example style(9) but you'll probably pick up all...
Take a look at the bug database. Find a problem report and try to diagnose and fix the problem. Here's for example a list of all open bugs in the 'bin' category:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi?category=bin
There are also plenty of TODO-lists on the FreeBSD wiki, for example...
...but should the MTA in the base system really support everything? I would prefer if FreeBSD had a base system MTA with just a very small set of features.
Make sure that you announce your work on hackers@freebsd.org if you want more testers. There seems to be a few people working on "similar" projects right now (I actually thought the KGI project died years ago).
I'd buy the "Design and Implementation of FreeBSD Operating System" if I were you:
http://www.amazon.com/Design-Implementation-FreeBSD-Operating-System/dp/0201702452
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