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		ThatGeoGuy on Dec 2, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Htop explained This would be apt. Apt requires an MTA because maintainer messages / change-lists are sent as mail to the root user.

stevekemp on Dec 3, 2016 [–]

Close. It is cron that requires a package which provides `mail-transport-agent`, because output from cronjobs is traditionally emailed to users.

You can see this via:

      apt-cache show cron|grep -i mail

Note that the `apt` package itself does not require a MTA.

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