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

2020-11-14 Thread Gregory Nowak
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] Jessie to Ascii upgrade

2020-11-14 Thread Gastón via Dng
On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 08:13:15PM -0600, o1bigtenor wrote: > On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 7:29 PM Gastón via Dng wrote: > > > > On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 02:36:36PM -0700, Fred wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I want to upgrade from Debian Jessie to Devuan. Apparently all I need to > > > do > > > is

Re: [DNG] Jessie to Ascii upgrade

2020-11-14 Thread o1bigtenor via Dng
On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 7:29 PM Gastón via Dng wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 02:36:36PM -0700, Fred wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I want to upgrade from Debian Jessie to Devuan. Apparently all I need to do > > is change the sources list and do a dist-upgrade. > > > > Is this likely to go

Re: [DNG] Ancient releases

2020-11-14 Thread Ralph Ronnquist via Dng
On 14/11 20:17, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 06:40:45PM -0600, goli...@devuan.org wrote: > > On 2020-11-14 18:06, d...@d404.nl wrote: > > > On 14-11-2020 22:36, Fred wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I want to upgrade from Debian Jessie to Devuan.  Apparently all I need > > >

Re: [DNG] Jessie to Ascii upgrade

2020-11-14 Thread Gastón via Dng
On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 02:36:36PM -0700, Fred wrote: > Hello, > > I want to upgrade from Debian Jessie to Devuan. Apparently all I need to do > is change the sources list and do a dist-upgrade. > > Is this likely to go smoothly? If there are any problems I would probably > not have Internet

[DNG] Ancient releases

2020-11-14 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 06:40:45PM -0600, goli...@devuan.org wrote: > On 2020-11-14 18:06, d...@d404.nl wrote: > > On 14-11-2020 22:36, Fred wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I want to upgrade from Debian Jessie to Devuan.  Apparently all I need > > > to do is change the sources list and do a

Re: [DNG] Jessie to Ascii upgrade

2020-11-14 Thread golinux
On 2020-11-14 18:06, d...@d404.nl wrote: On 14-11-2020 22:36, Fred wrote: Hello, I want to upgrade from Debian Jessie to Devuan.  Apparently all I need to do is change the sources list and do a dist-upgrade. Is this likely to go smoothly?  If there are any problems I would probably not have

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

2020-11-14 Thread Marc Shapiro via Dng
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

2020-11-14 Thread d...@d404.nl
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

Re: [DNG] Jessie to Ascii upgrade

2020-11-14 Thread d...@d404.nl
On 14-11-2020 22:36, Fred wrote: > Hello, > > I want to upgrade from Debian Jessie to Devuan.  Apparently all I need > to do is change the sources list and do a dist-upgrade. > > Is this likely to go smoothly?  If there are any problems I would > probably not have Internet to ask for help. > > How

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

2020-11-14 Thread 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.  I have added a MAILTO line to my crontab with my gmail address.  The job runs, the

[DNG] Jessie to Ascii upgrade

2020-11-14 Thread Fred
Hello, I want to upgrade from Debian Jessie to Devuan. Apparently all I need to do is change the sources list and do a dist-upgrade. Is this likely to go smoothly? If there are any problems I would probably not have Internet to ask for help. How does the upgrade get rid of systemd and