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From: wabenbau@×××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with "mailto" (fcrontab)
Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 00:30:22
Message-Id: 20150524022948.577beb4f@hal9000.localdomain
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Problems with "mailto" (fcrontab) by Meino.Cramer@gmx.de
1 Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote:
2
3 > Hi,
4 >
5 > In my fcrontab file I added:
6 > &b(1),mailto(root) * * */14 * * /home/mccramer/bin/check.sh
7 >
8 > I would exspect to get mail each time the command is run.
9 >
10 >
11 > &b(1),mailto(root) */2 * * * * /home/mccramer/bin/check.sh
12 >
13 > "check.sh"'s last line is 'date' so this command prints something.
14 >
15 > I would exspect to reveive mail from fcron but: no.
16 >
17 >
18 > Is there something else to configure? Do I need to setup a
19 > complete mailserver for log mails? Do I have to create a
20 > fully fledge email account?
21 >
22 > Slightly confused...
23 > Meino
24 >
25
26 You need some kind of mta. On my system, mail-mta/ssmtp does the job
27 for me.
28
29 --
30 Regards
31 wabe

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Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with "mailto" (fcrontab) Meino.Cramer@×××.de