[Users] minimil+mailx?

[gregwm]

>> > i'd like to install only what's necessary in a container to send mail.
>> > /bin/mail works fine in the centos [actually rhel] default container. in the minimal
>> > container i've added mailx, sendmail, sendmail-cf, and m4, but still
>> > can't send mail. what do i still need?
>>
>> Unless you installed them someway that didn't honor the dependencies, that should be plenty.  Any error messages in your logs?
>
> nada.  the default container isn't making any logs either, but it did send the mail

well i restarted with a fresh minimal container, added sendmail first,
sending mail worked, added nagios, and it still works.  looking back
at the first one, where i had started rsyslog, i now find in maillog:

 2010-07-26T00:41:42.146641-05:00 214 sendmail[3298]: o6Q5fg1A003298:
from=root, size=208, class=0, nrcpts=1,
msgid=<201007260541.o6Q5fg1A003298 at 214.fo4.net>, relay=root at localhost
 2010-07-26T00:41:42.149326-05:00 214 sendmail[3298]: o6Q5fg1A003298:
to=214-i386 at whitleymott.net, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00,
xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30208, relay=[127.0.0.1]
[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by
[127.0.0.1]

i still wonder why.  mystery to me.  tho i'm happy to have it working
in the rebuilt one.