New comment by raindev on void-packages repository https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/32341#issuecomment-893688429 Comment: Ah, so cronie _does_ handle missing sendmail gracefully. I wrongly assumed the reason one of the jobs is not run was sendmail but it turned out to be the fact that cronie uses `run-parts` to start job scripts, which silently ignores scripts with a `.` in the file name. From `run-parts(8)`: > the names must consist entirely of ASCII upper- and lower-case letters, ASCII digits, ASCII underscores, and ASCII minus-hyphens. > Other files and directories are silently ignored.