Confused by system mail regarding sendmail 1

[skiflyer]

I'm getting the following mail every 20 minutes

From: Cron <smmsp@machineName>
To: root@machineName
Subject: Cron <smmsp@machineName> test -x /usr/share/sendmail/sendmail && /usr/share/sendmail/sendmail cron-msp

/usr/share/sendmail/sendmail: line 812: /usr/sbin/sendmail-msp: No such file or directory

Ok, I have no idea what sendmail-msp is... but I get the idea that this is a cron thing, so off to /etc/crontab I go, and nothing matches... so off to /etc/cron.d I go, and i find a file called sendmail

Ini it I see the following line

# Every so often, give sendmail a chance to run the MSP queues.
#
*/20 *  *  *  *  smmsp  test -x /usr/share/sendmail/sendmail && /usr/share/sendmail/sendmail cron-msp

I'm going to figure this is the problem...

But it doesn't mean anything to me. Is there something I should install or deinstall?

Running: Debian Sarge
MTA: exim-4

 

[thedaver]

Googling for "sendmail cron-msp" reveals:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/01/msg00085.html

http://groups-beta.google.com/group..._doneTitle=Back+to+Search&&d#2690ed762884ef2e

http://www.webservertalk.com/message167897.html

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[skiflyer]

Yeah, I had googled and read all of those already. None of them address this issue.

 

[ericbrunson]

Well apparently you haven't configured your system to run MSP queues, so get rid of the crontab entry.

 

[skiflyer]

Ok, but what exactly am I disabling? I'm trying to learn this stuff, not just make it tick.

 

[ericbrunson]

MSP (Mail Submission Program) is explained, ad-nauseum in the sendmail documentation:

http://www.sendmail.org/secure-install.html

Basically, it's a way of submitting mail without root privileges.