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Author: R A Montante, Ph.D.
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To: dng
Subject: [DNG] cron on laptops(desktops) [was: Default mail system...]
> Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2025 13:17:17 +0200 From: Alessandro Vesely
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>> I find it incomprehensible that it is the default MTA for Debian.
>> And as a result, for Devuan.
> Maybe because some programs need something like sendmail for logging. Cron, for example (is cron run by desktops?).



My laptop installs all seem to get cron and anacron by default. I use
crontab for a couple of minor conveniences.

-Bob