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[Derek Broughton]

Smoot Carl-Mitchell wrote:

>> Well, it's a pain for actually _reading_ mail, but it's pretty much
>> necessary if you want things like cron to deliver mail for you
> 
> I do not think it is needed.  cron seems to call /usr/sbin/sendmail
> which is either postfix or sendmail, depending on the installed MTA.
> The mailx package is unnecessary to send mail from cron, although for
> explicitly sending mail, it is easier to use than the raw sendmail
> interface.

Yeah, you're right.

How about "things like cron, that aren't actually cron"? :-)  If you want to
send mail from scripts, it's easier than learning how to use sendmail
directly, but you're right that it isn't really necessary.
-- 
derek