-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/21/07 19:06, Miles Fidelman wrote: > > Grok Mogger wrote: >> I have read the cron manpage. I understand what cron mails and under >> what conditions it mails it, what I don't understand is HOW it mails >> it. I know that cron just sends the output of whatever script it >> runs. I don't understand how it mails that output. I'd like to >> understand how it does that so that I can make it send email to a >> gmail account or a similar "real" Internet account. >> >> Are you telling me that if I set my MAILTO entry to something like >> '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', that's actually going to send legitimate >> Internet mail to Joe at his gmail account? I find that hard to believe. >> > > What leads you to think it won't? All cron does is invoke your system > mail program.
Spoken like a true Unix geek. ;P OP has grown up in the "client" world, where all the heavy lifting is done by "someone else". I was there once, too. > Why not just try it. If it doesn't work, then set MAILTO=<a local > account> then set up an alias or a .forward file to forward that account > to your gmail account. OP most probably has no idea what a .forward file is (other than "it forwards 'stuff'"). -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF3PClS9HxQb37XmcRAscSAKCOKhfLAsWXbwCm0Inpqv+EMtXS8QCgsjOD wnhKavmoccOOALOa6MA14ic= =85WC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
