-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Thursday 2007-03-08 at 20:20 +0100, jdd wrote:
The official reason why postfix needs to run is cron - which runs by default and uses the local MTA to deliver its output. who ever look at cron reports?
Anyone whose operation is dependent on cron-jobs running and working.
I think this whole discussion is greatly relative to the difference server/desktop.
I couldn't image a server without sshd, but on a desktop? most users of thunderbird and seamonkey not even know there is an other mailbox :-)
Some system services use email to notify root or the user of some things. For instance, smart monitoring, raid monitoring, rm installs - there was a time when Yast mailed the user of some install notices. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFF8Gu4tTMYHG2NR9URArbQAKCLOJb4SjS+sFcIupu7MVgWs2CK7ACeNDV4 uUO3LcINX6URIf4KJl4fMnE= =xUcX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org