# What is no MTA installed

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-no-mta-installed/105964>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 1, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-no-mta-installed/105964 "2017-11-01T00:07:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![RajeshGarre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@RajeshGarre](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RajeshGarre)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-no-mta-installed/105964/1 "2017-11-01T00:07:19Z")

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Oct 31 16:55:01 elk02-logstash02 CRON[29696]: (root) CMD (/opt/ELK/UCC/pipelineHealthCheck/testprocess.sh)  
Oct 31 16:55:01 elk02-logstash02 CRON[29695]: (CRON) info (No MTA installed, discarding output)  
Oct 31 16:59:06 elk02-logstash02 systemd-timesyncd[988]: Timed out waiting for reply from 91.189.89.198:123 ([ntp.ubuntu.com](http://ntp.ubuntu.com)).  
Oct 31 16:59:16 elk02-logstash02 systemd-timesyncd[988]: Timed out waiting for reply from 91.189.91.157:123 ([ntp.ubuntu.com](http://ntp.ubuntu.com)).  
Oct 31 16:59:27 elk02-logstash02 systemd-timesyncd[988]: Timed out waiting for reply from 91.189.89.199:123 ([ntp.ubuntu.com](http://ntp.ubuntu.com)).  
Oct 31 16:59:37 elk02-logstash02 systemd-timesyncd[988]: Timed out waiting for reply from 91.189.94.4:123 ([ntp.ubuntu.com](http://ntp.ubuntu.com)).  
Oct 31 17:00:01 elk02-logstash02 CRON[30049]: (kadmin) CMD (/opt/ELK/UCC/CDB\_tmp\_trl/ftppythontrl.py)  
Oct 31 17:00:01 elk02-logstash02 CRON[30051]: (root) CMD (/opt/ELK/UCC/pipelineHealthCheck/testprocess.sh)  
Oct 31 17:00:01 elk02-logstash02 CRON[30048]: (CRON) info (No MTA installed, discarding output)  
Oct 31 17:00:01 elk02-logstash02 CRON[30047]: (CRON) info (No MTA installed, discarding output)

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 4:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-no-mta-installed/105964/2 "2017-11-01T04:15:46Z")

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That's the OS saying it cannot generate an email about the cron job. I think it's pretty safe to ignore.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-no-mta-installed/105964/3 "2017-11-29T04:16:17Z")

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Closed on November 29, 2017, 4:16am UTC

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