On 08Feb2021 14:43, boB Stepp <robertvst...@gmail.com> wrote: >So I changed the command to: > >mbsync -a -qq > >and everything has been working. I was curious as to what would happen at >3 AM when my router would reboot. I got: > >Feb 8 03:00:01 Dream-Machine1 CRON[614314]: (bob) CMD (mbsync -a -qq ) >Feb 8 03:00:24 Dream-Machine1 CRON[614312]: (CRON) info (No MTA installed, >discarding output) > >Hmm. The same "No MTA installed, discarding output" as with the originally >worded command. More information, but I still do not see why this message >is generated.
I would guess your PC does not have a mail system installed. So cron cannot deliver the cron job output by email. One of the benefits of have a local email system is getting stuff from cron et al. Also, you can use it for spooling - if mutt sends via the local email system you can send when offline - it will just queue. >One concern based on earlier discussion in this thread. I am now using >msmtp as my MTA client. What will happen if I send an email when, for >whatever reason, Gmail connectivity is broken? Will it get resent? I don't know. What does its manual say? Cheers, Cameron Simpson <c...@cskk.id.au>
