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Replace /usr/bin/mail with Mail.app
Authored by: JohnnyMnemonic on Aug 22, '03 11:37:07AM

My understanding is that root and other system users will send alerts through email. I've wanted to see those alrerts, but not badly enough to enable sendmail, as you say. Will this method allow those alerts to be sent?



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Replace /usr/bin/mail with Mail.app
Authored by: njnystrom on Aug 22, '03 01:45:30PM

I'm not sure if these alerts use /usr/bin/mail or invoke sendmail directly. I suppose you could install the script as /usr/bin/mail and see what happens, but I haven't tried this.

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Replace /usr/bin/mail with Mail.app
Authored by: stetner on Aug 23, '03 07:57:54AM

I run sendmail myself, but I was curious what happens when you are logged out and Mail.app isn't running and can't be started due to no GUI running?



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Replace /usr/bin/mail with Mail.app
Authored by: njnystrom on Aug 23, '03 01:49:12PM

I assume it wouldn't work if I were logged out, but I'm just using the script on my Powerbook, where I'm the only user and I'm always logged in. I think if you're running a server, you should just bite the bullet and configure sendmail or postfix.

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