An MTA should be installed by ubuntu (was [ubuntu-users] Re: Ubuntu is under attack)

[Jan Moren]

tis 2005-12-20 klockan 20:27 +1300 skrev Tim Frost:
> On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 16:07 +0900, Jan Moren wrote:
> > tis 2005-12-20 klockan 19:54 +1300 skrev Tim Frost:
> > > 
> > > Is Matthew saying:
> > > 1:  That cron should depend on mail-transport-agent (since it explicitly
> > > tries to invoke /usr/sbin/sendmail)
> > > 
> > > OR 
> > > 
> > > 2: That cron should NOT be installed in ubuntu/kubuntu
> > 
> > Or 3: cron should be using the log facility to write any messages. That
> > way it behaves just like most other periodic functions in the system,
> > and you don't need an MTA just for cron anymore.
> > 
> Cron does have a log file, which shows the start and end time for each
> task that it runs.
> 
> However, no version of cron that I have worked with will send
> stdout/stderr anywhere other than a mail message.
> 
> Is this a feature request that we should be feeding to the authors of
> anacron?

Well, for what it's worth, I have never understood why a few
applications - cron chief among them - are not using the same
information paths as every single other system app. Not even an MTA
mails you if there is a problem - it just notes it in the logfile.

If you think there's a possibility of this actually being changed I say
go for it.

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