On Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:24:07 -0500 Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > An unintended consequence of no default MTA in f20 is no local > deliver of system mail. It IS possible to just ignore (or leave it > to the logs) stuff going on in a desktop system, but services like > logwatch are very helpful to maintain a healthy system. Plus there > is cron for regular tasks we like to perform. If you want logwatch or have cron jobs with output you wish, feel free to install a MTA and configure it. > So no MTA seems good IF we can configure mailx to do the local > deliveries. I am kind of assuming that some changes to /etc/mail.rc > might do part of the job. Probably some /bin/sendmail script that > maps sendmail arguments to a mailx call. Plus if you DO install > sendmail or postfix, it should undo this setup. mailx is not a MTA. > I suppose I should submit a bug report on this as the best way to get > the developer's attention. > > But does anyone have any good recommendation(s) on how to do this? I > kind of like no MTA on resource straped systems, but we need to > address local delivery. Those systems that need delivery can install a MTA. ;) If you just want emails to go to another provider and your machine is connected to the internet, ssmtp is a good option (very simple to configure, just handles remote delivery). kevin
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