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Date:	Tue, 13 Jul 2004 22:25:42 -0400
To:	Robert R Schneck <schneck AT math DOT berkeley DOT edu>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From:	Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: sending email from Cygwin
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At 10:16 PM 7/13/2004, you wrote:
>luke DOT kendall AT cisra DOT canon DOT com DOT au <luke DOT kendall AT cisra DOT canon DOT com DOT au> wrote:
>> I appear to have both exim and ssmtp installed; but I see that
>> /usr/sbin/sendmail is a symlink to /usr/bin/ssmtp.  Fair enough, if
>> interesting.
>
>In fact, the ssmtp package does not create the sendmail symlink.
>As far as I can tell, no Cygwin package sets up such a symlink.


Actually, I can vouch for exim setting up such a symlink.  Also, it
appears that the cron package will create a link to ssmtp if one doesn't
exist, even if ssmtp is not installed.



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