From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82693138247 for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:46:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C5F47E09B1; Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:46:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C840AE080A for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:46:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFA7333F151 for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:46:34 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.512 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.512 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.985, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.525, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id O3B2NBiEL26e for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:46:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 433CF33F222 for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:46:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ViP9h-0006lJ-Iu for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Mon, 18 Nov 2013 14:46:21 +0100 Received: from rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com ([71.40.157.251]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2013 14:46:21 +0100 Received: from wireless by rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2013 14:46:21 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Tell cron to send email using sender:passwd host:587 syntax? Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:45:53 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <52877BC0.4030004@libertytrek.org> <20131116145653.32347621@digimed.co.uk> <5287883D.9010905@libertytrek.org> <20131116150457.7a69ce57@digimed.co.uk> <52878C73.7030803@libertytrek.org> <20131116173217.25a9d278@digimed.co.uk> <5287AE73.5050703@libertytrek.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 71.40.157.251 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Firefox/17.0 SeaMonkey/2.14) X-Archives-Salt: 2de6d882-e7c1-4991-8265-7d9a204c3e4f X-Archives-Hash: adee92bcb1ef22317ae4eda25ef0f430 Tanstaafl libertytrek.org> writes: > On 2013-11-16 12:32 PM, Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> wrote: > > sendmail sends mail. > And apparently so does portage... > So, anyone care to venture a guess as to why the gentoo devs decided to > implement their own smtp server just so portage could send emails all by > itself, rather than requiring the installation of an MTA? Not sure about this answer, but the simpler question is does any other "enhanced" cron equivalents allow configuration that might suit you? Here are but a few that *may*....: vixie-cron, dcron, porticron...... just a thought, hth, James