Joshua J. Kugler wrote:
On Wednesday 21 February 2007 15:53, 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.
Believe it. Cron will send it whereever you want it to. setting the MAILTO
to [EMAIL PROTECTED] is not different than forwarding a local user's
account to that same gmail account. Linux is very amiable to you wishes. :)
What do you mean "legitimate internet mail?" What would illegitimate internet
mail be?
As far as *how* it does it, I believe it just pipes the output of the commands
run to either the mail command or the sendmail command, but I could be wrong.
Instead of asking us if MAILTO a gmail account will work, and waiting for a
reply, you could just try it, you know. :)
j
I never dreamed that would actually work. Setting MAILTO to a
valid gmail account felt like typing "OH PLEASE MAIL ME NOW AT
MY REAL EMAIL ACCOUNT!!! THX LINUX BYE! OMG I R0XORZ!!1!" at
the command prompt and having it actually work. Hence, the not
actually trying it and instead sending mail to the list asking
for help. Sorry for wasting everyone's time. Thanks to
everyone for helping me out anyway. =)
I (clearly) have a very limited understanding of how email
works. Anyone have any suggestions for good reading?
And secondly, with this little epiphany comes a realization of
just how easy it is to spam and where it all comes from... I
could easily bombard whomever I wanted with email from my Linux
box sitting right here without the need for a valid "mail
account" on a "mail" server or anything of the like. That's
right, isn't it?
Thanks,
- GM
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