On Saturday 14 November 2015 21:25:47 Kynn Jones wrote: > On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 8:36 PM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > On Saturday 14 November 2015 17:58:59 Kynn Jones wrote: > >> I'm trying to set up a `cron` job that will send me mail for some > >> outputs. > >> > >> In my `crontab` I have the `MAILTO` variable set to my email > >> address, as well as the directives > >> > >> * * * * * /bin/date >> /tmp/debug_cron > >> * * * * * /bin/date >&2 > > > > On the machine, MAILTO: is not normally to your email address, but > > usually is username@localhost. > > Oh, I see. That makes cron's mail feature significantly less > useful/convenient than I thought. > > Thanks! > > kj
Works just fine. I get all the mails from clamscan, amanda, and spamassassin's utilities that way. The idea is that when a background task is done, it sends you an email with the results. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
