On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 8:36 PM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > On Saturday 14 November 2015 17:58:59 Kynn Jones wrote: > >> I'm trying to set up a `cron` job that will send me mail for some >> outputs. >> >> In my `crontab` I have the `MAILTO` variable set to my email address, >> as well as the directives >> >> * * * * * /bin/date >> /tmp/debug_cron >> * * * * * /bin/date >&2 > On the machine, MAILTO: is not normally to your email address, but > usually is username@localhost.
Oh, I see. That makes cron's mail feature significantly less useful/convenient than I thought. Thanks! kj