On Tue, 2013-12-31 at 03:23 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 12/31/13 02:24, Robert Moskowitz 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> 
> I can't see what the problem is.....
> 
> yum install sendmail    gets you what was before.
> 
> Is this really an insurmountable obstacle?
> 

Agreed.  I did when I saw it wasn't installed by default.  Works just
fine (and always has). 

--
Mark C. Allman, PMP, CSM


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