Sorry, the cron entry should be:
55 12 * * * mv /var/spool/asterisk/monitor/* /home/thelma/mon/
1-5 is Monday to Friday

mail.log:

Aug 31 13:24:01 i5 postfix/qmgr[32301]: 0880F17E00EB: from=<
sysc...@gmail.com>, size=699, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Aug 31 13:24:02 i5 postfix/smtp[9110]: 0880F17E00EB: to=<r...@gmail.com>,
orig_to=<root>, relay=smtp.gmail.com[142.250.99.108]:587, delay=1.3,
delays=0.02/0.01/0.55/0.68, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 OK
 1725132231 98e67ed59e1d1-2d85b0fdf44sm6088797a91.6 - gsmtp)
Aug 31 13:24:02 i5 postfix/qmgr[32301]: 0880F17E00EB: removed

Gmail is accepting the mail but it is sending to "root" instead of "syscon8"

My cat /etc/mail/aliases
# Basic system aliases -- these MUST be present.
MAILER-DAEMON:      postmaster
postmaster:         root

# General redirections for pseudo accounts.
adm:                root
bin:                root
daemon:             root
exim:               root
lp:                 root
mail:               root
named:              root
nobody:             root
postfix:            root

# Well-known aliases -- these should be filled in!
root:   sysc...@gmail.com
fd:   sysc...@gmail.com
# operator:

# Standard RFC2142 aliases
abuse:              postmaster
ftp:                root
hostmaster:         root
news:               usenet
noc:                root
security:           root
usenet:             root
uucp:               root
webmaster:          root
www:                webmaster


On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 1:17 PM Michael <confabul...@kintzios.com> wrote:

> On Saturday, 31 August 2024 20:11:34 BST syscon edm wrote:
> > >> MAILTO="sysc...@gmail.com"
> >
> > MAILTO="sysc...@gmail.com"
> > MAILTO='sysc...@gmail.com'
> > MAILTO=syscon8
> >
> > I've tried single quote, double quotes, but it doesn't work; now even
> > without quotes I don't get email from cronie
> > After every change I restart "/etc/init.d/cronie restart
> >
> > My simple cron entry:
> > 55 12 * * 1-5 mv /var/spool/asterisk/monitor/* /home/thelma/mon/
> >
> > I should receive email from cron
>
> What errors do you get from your MTA in your logs?  Increase verbosity if
> you
> need to get more info.

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