Reasons behind defaulting atd and sendmail

[Aaron Konstam]

On Mon, 2008-09-08 at 23:31 +0930, Tim wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 01:21 -0500, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
> > Sendmail only stores the logwatch output, which actually accumulates 
> > after a period of time because no normal desktop user reads the mail.
> 
> I find this insulting, and just downright stupid.  You're stating your
> opinion as if they were researched facts.  I, and many others, do make
> use of this feature, and do not consider ourselves abnormal.
> > 
> > I'm not trying to start a flamewar.
> 
> Funny way to go about it, then...

The word normal in his message is obviously synonymous to non-root not the opposite
of abnormal. What he said is obviously true. Your flame trigger in
unnecessary.
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