On Wed, March 22, 2006 10:56 am, Vincent Fleuranceau wrote: >>> I've been getting some weird cron messages emailed to me nightly for >>> about a week now. Anyone know what's triggering them and/or how to >>> eliminate them? >>> >>> From: "root" >>> Subject: cron: /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.daily >>> Body: %G >>> >>> >>> Any suggestions appreciated. >>> >>> >> >> Edit /etc/crontab and set the MAIL variable to "". >> > > Sorry, the correct variable is MAILTO (and not MAIL). Add (or modify) > MAILTO="" at the top of the file. > > > I hope this works. This is based on my Mandriva setup, I have no > Archlinux system at hand.
Well, I'm not sure that's the correct solution. I *do* want to receive email messages from cron if needed. It's just that these specific messages are somehow being triggered erroneously by some cron task, and I'd like to eliminate them. Thanks, DR _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
