Once upon a time, Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > On 12/30/2013 01:34 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > >On Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:24:07 -0500 > >Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >If you want logwatch or have cron jobs with output you wish, feel free > >to install a MTA and configure it. > been there done that. Looking to follow the flow of no MTA. See if > it can be done. Well, as it has been said, mailx is not an MTA, and it takes an MTA to transfer mail (even locally, because it crosses privilege boundaries). In the "old days", /bin/mail was setuid and could directly write /var/mail, but there were security issues with that and it is no longer supported (it also caused confusion when you actually had a local MTA configured to smart-host to a remote server). If you want to handle mail in any fashion beyond using a client that sends/receives via network protocols (IMAP/POP3 and SMTP to a remote server, like mutt or Thunderbird), install an MTA. IIRC, at least Postfix and Sendmail will work for local mail handling (and not listening on the network) in a default install, so "yum install <your preferred MTA>" and you should be set. -- Chris Adams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx> -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
