Re: [DNG] Configuring cron and exim4 to send e-mail after running cronjob

Quoting Florian Zieboll via Dng (dng@lists.dyne.org): > 'msmtp' is a lightweight and simple option for sending messages to > remote smtp servers from shell scripts. with a variable (e.g. > "$mailcmd") it can be used as drop in replacement for mailx. Generically, things like msmtp tend to be

Re: [DNG] Configuring cron and exim4 to send e-mail after running cronjob

On 11/15/20 5:00 AM, Marjorie Roome via Dng wrote: On Sat, 2020-11-14 at 16:03 -0800, Marc Shapiro via Dng wrote: I use Thunderbird for e-mail, so I have never bothered with configuring an MTA. I have a few lines in root's crontab to do periodic backups and I would like to receive an e-mail

Re: [DNG] Configuring cron and exim4 to send e-mail after running cronjob

On 2020-11-15 09:02, kdibble wrote: > msmtp works well for these type of things. > > Beware though as the package includes an apparmor profile which can > cause problems if you don't use the defaults. _And_ unless you turn off apparmor. Sorry if this is obvious. But I concur with the

Re: [DNG] Configuring cron and exim4 to send e-mail after running cronjob

On Sun, 15 Nov 2020 01:45:20 -0800 Florian Zieboll via Dng wrote Am 15. November 2020 01:03:05 MEZ schrieb Marc Shapiro via Dng : > I use Thunderbird for e-mail, so I have never bothered with configuring > an MTA. > > I have a few lines in root's

Re: [DNG] Configuring cron and exim4 to send e-mail after running cronjob

On Sat, 2020-11-14 at 16:03 -0800, Marc Shapiro via Dng wrote: > I use Thunderbird for e-mail, so I have never bothered with > configuring an MTA. > > I have a few lines in root's crontab to do periodic backups and I > would > like to receive an e-mail when the job is completed. I have added a

Re: [DNG] Configuring cron and exim4 to send e-mail after running cronjob

Am 15. November 2020 01:03:05 MEZ schrieb Marc Shapiro via Dng : > I use Thunderbird for e-mail, so I have never bothered with configuring > an MTA. > > I have a few lines in root's crontab to do periodic backups and I would > like to receive an e-mail when the job is completed.  'msmtp' is

Re: [DNG] Configuring cron and exim4 to send e-mail after running cronjob

On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 04:38:46PM -0800, Marc Shapiro via Dng wrote: > I tried running "dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config".  I selected "Mail sent by > smarthost; no local mail" and then took all of the defaults.  I then tried > to send a test e-mail using the command shown in the link you sent.  I

Re: [DNG] Configuring cron and exim4 to send e-mail after running cronjob

On 11/14/20 4:12 PM, d...@d404.nl wrote: On 15-11-2020 01:03, Marc Shapiro via Dng wrote: I use Thunderbird for e-mail, so I have never bothered with configuring an MTA. I have a few lines in root's crontab to do periodic backups and I would like to receive an e-mail when the job is

Re: [DNG] Configuring cron and exim4 to send e-mail after running cronjob

On 15-11-2020 01:03, Marc Shapiro via Dng wrote: > I use Thunderbird for e-mail, so I have never bothered with > configuring an MTA. > > I have a few lines in root's crontab to do periodic backups and I > would like to receive an e-mail when the job is completed.  I have > added a MAILTO line to

[DNG] Configuring cron and exim4 to send e-mail after running cronjob

I use Thunderbird for e-mail, so I have never bothered with configuring an MTA. I have a few lines in root's crontab to do periodic backups and I would like to receive an e-mail when the job is completed.  I have added a MAILTO line to my crontab with my gmail address.  The job runs, the