On Wednesday 21 February 2007 15:53, Grok Mogger wrote: > I have read the cron manpage. I understand what cron mails and > under what conditions it mails it, what I don't understand is > HOW it mails it. I know that cron just sends the output of > whatever script it runs. I don't understand how it mails that > output. I'd like to understand how it does that so that I can > make it send email to a gmail account or a similar "real" > Internet account. > > Are you telling me that if I set my MAILTO entry to something > like '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', that's actually going to send > legitimate Internet mail to Joe at his gmail account? I find > that hard to believe.
Believe it. Cron will send it whereever you want it to. setting the MAILTO to [EMAIL PROTECTED] is not different than forwarding a local user's account to that same gmail account. Linux is very amiable to you wishes. :) What do you mean "legitimate internet mail?" What would illegitimate internet mail be? As far as *how* it does it, I believe it just pipes the output of the commands run to either the mail command or the sendmail command, but I could be wrong. Instead of asking us if MAILTO a gmail account will work, and waiting for a reply, you could just try it, you know. :) j -- Joshua Kugler Lead System Admin -- Senior Programmer http://www.eeinternet.com PGP Key: http://pgp.mit.edu/ ID 0xDB26D7CE PO Box 80086 -- Fairbanks, AK 99708 -- Ph: 907-456-5581 Fax: 907-456-3111 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
