[email protected] <[email protected]> [15-05-24 03:21]:
> [email protected] wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > In my fcrontab file I added:
> > &b(1),mailto(root) * * */14 * * /home/mccramer/bin/check.sh
> >
> > I would exspect to get mail each time the command is run.
> >
> >
> > &b(1),mailto(root) */2 * * * * /home/mccramer/bin/check.sh
> >
> > "check.sh"'s last line is 'date' so this command prints something.
> >
> > I would exspect to reveive mail from fcron but: no.
> >
> >
> > Is there something else to configure? Do I need to setup a
> > complete mailserver for log mails? Do I have to create a
> > fully fledge email account?
> >
> > Slightly confused...
> > Meino
> >
>
> You need some kind of mta. On my system, mail-mta/ssmtp does the job
> for me.
>
> --
> Regards
> wabe
>
Hi wabe,
sorry...forgot to mention:
I am receiving mail from the internet and I am able to send mail
to the internet.
Installed is:
[I] mail-client/mailx
Available versions: 8.1.2.20050715-r6
Installed versions: 8.1.2.20050715-r6(05:08:10 09/08/12)
Homepage: http://www.debian.org/
Description: The /bin/mail program, which is used to send mail via
shell scripts
[I] mail-client/mailx-support
Available versions: 20060102-r1
Installed versions: 20060102-r1(22:47:46 09/12/10)
Homepage: http://www.openbsd.org/
Description: Provides lockspool utility
[I] mail-filter/procmail
Available versions: 3.22-r10 {mbox selinux}
Installed versions: 3.22-r10(23:42:13 09/12/10)(-mbox -selinux)
Homepage: http://www.procmail.org/
Description: Mail delivery agent/filter
[I] net-mail/fetchmail
Available versions: 6.3.26-r2 {hesiod kerberos nls socks ssl tk
PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7"}
Installed versions: 6.3.26-r2(19:33:49 11/07/14)(nls ssl tk -hesiod
-kerberos -socks PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7")
Homepage: http://www.fetchmail.info/
Description: the legendary remote-mail retrieval and forwarding
utility
[I] net-mail/mailbase
Available versions: 1 1.1 {pam}
Installed versions: 1.1(18:39:22 01/16/13)(pam)
Homepage: http://www.gentoo.org/
Description: MTA layout package
[I] virtual/mailx
Available versions: 0 1
Installed versions: 1(15:34:53 04/26/14)
Description: Virtual for mail implementations
[I] dev-perl/MailTools
Available versions: 2.120.0-r1
Installed versions: 2.120.0-r1(13:19:53 02/14/15)
Homepage: http://search.cpan.org/dist/MailTools/
Description: Manipulation of electronic mail addresses
[I] mail-mta/msmtp
Available versions: 1.4.31-r1 ~1.4.32 ~1.6.0 ~1.6.1 {doc gnome-keyring
gnutls idn libsecret +mta nls sasl ssl vim-syntax PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7"}
Installed versions: 1.4.31-r1(19:25:19 02/11/15)(doc gnutls mta nls sasl
ssl -gnome-keyring -idn -vim-syntax)
Homepage: http://msmtp.sourceforge.net/
Description: An SMTP client and SMTP plugin for mail user agents
such as Mutt
What reasons disable fcron to send mail to me or root?
Best regards,
mcc
