Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Tell cron to send email using sender:passwd@host:587 syntax?
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:42:46
Message-Id: 5287AE73.5050703@libertytrek.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Tell cron to send email using sender:passwd@host:587 syntax? by Neil Bothwick
1 On 2013-11-16 12:32 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 > sendmail sends mail.
3
4 And apparently so does portage...
5
6 So, anyone care to venture a guess as to why the gentoo devs decided to
7 implement their own smtp server just so portage could send emails all by
8 itself, rather than requiring the installation of an MTA?

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