My problem was in the /etc/crontab file. This file apparently configures root cron jobs in addition to /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root. On another system that I configured from scratch, the atrun command was input correctly. On this system, which I configured as an update from 0.93R6, the command was input incorrectly which mailed me all the error messages every minute. I don't know if this constitutes a bug since I did not create the file myself. -- /------------------------------------------------------------------\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX: (423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | |------------------------------------------------------------------| | out the 10Base-T, through the router, down the T1, over the | | leased line, off the bridge, past the firewall...nothing but Net | \------------------------------------------------------------------/