Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Tell cron to send email using sender:passwd@host:587 syntax?
Date:	Sun, 17 Nov 2013 09:00:36
Message-Id:	`1697298.5GxeYA1dCr@wstn`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] Tell cron to send email using sender:passwd@host:587 syntax? by Tanstaafl

1	On Saturday 16 Nov 2013 15:03:57 Tanstaafl wrote:
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3	> My real question is, why can portage do this (send emails without a
4	> local MTA installed)?
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6	Portage needs to depend on as few other packages as possible. If it required
7	an MTA on a new system, all sorts of dependency loops and other problems would
8	ensue in some cases.
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10	--
11	Regards,
12	Peter