local mail for cron etc.

[Derek Broughton]

Pierre Frenkiel wrote:

> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008, Tim wrote:
> 
>> . . .
>> Install postfix and mailx (they are not installed by default in
>> Ubuntu :(
> 
>    An alternative would be masqmail and mailx
>    I never saw a mail program so easy to configure as masqmail, and which
>    does exactly what you want

+1 

I've used masqmail for years now.  My system is now considerably more
complex than what masqmail was designed for, I think, but masqmail has been
so problem-free and simple that I can't be bothered to install postfix or
exim. 
-- 
derek