On Monday 03 April 2006 17:31, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 01:16 +0200, David Jardine wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 11:56:39AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 11:48 -0500, Matthew R. Dempsky wrote: > > > > On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 09:28:58AM -0600, ChadDavis wrote: > > > > > Does cron talk to the MTA with the SMTP port? > > > > > > > > No, it pipes messages to /usr/sbin/sendmail. > > > > > > Why doesn't it use "mail"? > > > > Doesn't "mail" send messages through "sendmail | exim | ..." ? > > Yes. I was just surprised that cron spoke directly to sendmail. A lot of other programs also do. Just about every MTA has the same runtime options as sendmail, and even throw a /usr/sbin/sendmail symlink in there for good measure... -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): baloo@ursine.ca Jabber: Because it's time to move forward http://ursine.ca/Ursine:Jabber
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