Create the file .muttrc eg in /root/ or in /home/debian/ (the user that wants to use mutt....) and add a line set smtp_url="smtp://user:passw...@smtp.someserver.com" And don't forget the return after this line. (as in crontab as well)
* * * * * root ls /somefolder | mutt -s "" someu...@someserver.com 2>&1 BTW: didn't you read my Email where i worte that you can redirect crontabs output into a file: * * * * * root ls /somefolder >> /root/crontab_err.txt 2>&1 On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 2:06 AM, John Baker <bakerengineerin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dieter, > I'm trying to get mutt running to get error messages from crontab. I > installed mutt with aptitude and it may be working but I don't know how to > set it up to get the messages :-[ > > Apr 20 23:49:01 beaglebone /USR/SBIN/CRON[8657]: (root) CMD (export > DISPLAY=:0 && /usr/bin/python /home/debian/Desktop/SimB.py) > Apr 20 23:50:01 beaglebone /USR/SBIN/CRON[8690]: (root) CMD (export > DISPLAY=:0 && /usr/bin/python /home/debian/Desktop/SimB.py) > Apr 20 23:51:02 beaglebone /USR/SBIN/CRON[8723]: (root) CMD (export > DISPLAY=:0 && /usr/bin/python /home/debian/Desktop/SimB.py) > Apr 20 23:52:01 beaglebone /USR/SBIN/CRON[8756]: (root) CMD (export > DISPLAY=:0 && /usr/bin/python /home/debian/Desktop/SimB.py) > > Setup is described in https://wiki.debian.org/Mutt says there is a muttrc > file in "a user's $HOME directory" but I find only unreadable muttrc files > elsewhere and I'm not sure I know where and what a "user's $HOME directory" > is. > > 1. Do I need to set up some directory in /home/? > 2. Do I need to create a muttrc file to configure mutt? > 3. Is there a way to find and read the sent messages? > > Thanks, > John > > On Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 7:44:18 AM UTC-7, Dieter Wirz wrote: >> >> If you only want to send mail, install mutt.... >> With mutt u can use any SMTP server, and mutt comes with its own;-) >> >> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 11:09 PM, tcb2 <tchadwic...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I've recently gotten Exim4 to send mail from the BBB with Debian, using >> > the >> > Gmail SMTP server. (I tried using the BBB as the server with SMTP port >> > 25, >> > but my ISP [Comcast] blocks that port to prevent spam.) I am running >> > code to >> > monitor a sensor, and wanted an email alert to me at certain detected >> > values. Here are the general steps: >> > >> > 1. Tell Google that you'll be sending email from your BBB. From a >> > browser on >> > the BBB, sign in to your gmail account at: >> > http://www.google.com/accounts/DisplayUnlockCaptcha >> > >> > >> > 2. Open port 587. For this you need to be root. Check your iptables >> > (firewall) first to see if 587 is already open: >> > # iptables -L -n >> > >> > If not, then >> > # iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 587 -j ACCEPT >> > >> > and, if you don't have any input rules, which is good (see >> > >> > http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/104954/how-to-allow-outgoing-smtp-on-iptables-debian-linux), >> > then >> > >> > # iptables -I INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT >> > >> > 3. Install and configure exim4 as root. This is the package that sends >> > the >> > email. >> > >> > # apt-get install exim4 >> > >> > Now, configure exim as root: >> > >> > # dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config >> > in the dialog, answer as follows: >> > >> > Configuration type mail sent by smarthost; received via SMTP or >> > fetchmail >> > System mail name localhost >> > IP-addresses to listen on for incoming SMTP connections 127.0.0.1 ; ::1 >> > (to >> > refuse external connections) >> > Other destinations for which mail is acceptedleave empty >> > Machines to relay mail forleave empty >> > IP address or host name of the outgoing smarthostsmtp.gmail.com::587 >> > Hide local mail name in outgoing mail ?yes >> > Keep number of DNS-queries minimal (Dial-on-Demand) ?no >> > Delivery method for local mailmbox format in /var/mail/ >> > Split configuration into small files ?no >> > >> > check /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf to see if the file looks like >> > the >> > below, and if not, change it: >> > >> > dc_eximconfig_configtype='smarthost' >> > dc_other_hostnames='' >> > dc_local_interfaces='127.0.0.1 ; ::1' >> > dc_readhost='' >> > dc_relay_domains='' >> > dc_minimaldns='false' >> > dc_relay_nets='' >> > dc_smarthost='smtp.gmail.com::587' >> > CFILEMODE='644' >> > dc_use_split_config='false' >> > dc_hide_mailname='true' >> > dc_mailname_in_oh='true' >> > dc_localdelivery='mail_spool' >> > >> > Then modify /etc/exim4/passwd.client to (substitute your gmail name and >> > pwd): >> > >> > gmail-smtp.l.google.com:yourgmailn...@gmail.com:yourpassword >> > *.google.com:yourgmailn...@gmail.com:yourpassword >> > smtp.gmail.com:youremailna...@gmail.com:yourpassword >> > >> > Change permissions, etc >> > >> > # chown root:Debian-exim /etc/exim4/passwd.client >> > # chmod 640 /etc/exim4/passwd.client >> > >> > restart Exim >> > >> > # update-exim4.conf >> > # invoke-rc.d exim4 restart >> > >> > >> > 4. Test sending mail >> > >> > you can do this in perl, for example: >> > >> > #!/usr/bin/perl >> > >> > $to = 'some-email-address'; >> > $from = 'yourgmailn...@gmail.com'; >> > $subject = 'Test Email'; >> > $message = 'This is test email sent by Perl Script'; >> > >> > open(MAIL, "|/usr/sbin/sendmail -t"); >> > >> > print MAIL "To: $to\n"; >> > print MAIL "From: $from\n"; >> > print MAIL "Subject: $subject\n\n"; >> > print MAIL $message; >> > >> > close(MAIL); >> > >> > print "Email Sent Successfully\n"; >> > >> > or another way it to create a file called mail-body.txt: >> > >> > to : some-email-address >> > from : yourgmailn...@gmail.com >> > subject : Test mail >> > >> > This is the first mail sent by my server's sendmail ! >> > >> > and then do >> > >> > # cat mail-body.txt | sendmail -t >> > >> > if mail is not sending, then check /var/log/exim4/mainlog for errors. >> > >> > # tail /var/log/exim4/mainlog >> > >> > >> > good luck! >> > >> > -- >> > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> > --- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups >> > "BeagleBoard" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> > an >> > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/2c35f341-a607-4a75-aec7-380154102952%40googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. 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