Hello,
I was hoping someone could help me understand how cron
magically sends email. My ultimate goal is to configure cron to
send real Internet email so instead of just getting mail on my
unix accounts on my linux box (which I read via the 'mail'
command) I can get email at my gmail accoun
Grok Mogger wrote:
I was hoping someone could help me understand how cron magically
sends email. My ultimate goal is to configure cron to send real
Internet email so instead of just getting mail on my unix accounts on
my linux box (which I read via the 'mail' command) I can get email at
m
Miles Fidelman wrote:
Grok Mogger wrote:
I was hoping someone could help me understand how cron magically
sends email. My ultimate goal is to configure cron to send real
Internet email so instead of just getting mail on my unix accounts on
my linux box (which I read via the 'mail' command
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
Grok Mogger writes:
> I was hoping someone could help me understand how cron magically sends
> email.
man mail
> My ultimate goal is to configure cron to send real Internet
> email
It already does.
> ...so instead of just getting mail on my unix accounts on my linux box
> (which I read via the
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, 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 outp
On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 19:53 -0500, Grok Mogger wrote:
> Miles Fidelman wrote:
> > Grok Mogger wrote:
> >> I was hoping someone could help me understand how cron magically
> >> sends email. My ultimate goal is to configure cron to send real
> >> Internet email so instead of just getting mail
Grok Mogger writes:
> 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.
Most likely it uses the 'sendmail' command, which all MTAs provide.
> Are you telling me that if I set my MAILTO entry to somethin
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On 02/21/07 19:16, John Hasler wrote:
> Grok Mogger writes:
[snip]
>> I find that hard to believe.
>
> Why?
Because he's been a client all his life. The technology has been
magic to him.
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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 do
Grok Mogger writes:
> 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?
No. You have a valid "mail account" on a "mail server": your own mach
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 08:45:40PM -0500, Grok Mogger wrote:
>
> 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
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 08:45:40PM -0500, Grok Mogger wrote:
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
Grok Mogger wrote:
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 s
On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 13:22 +, Joe wrote:
> It will be traceable to your IP address, and after a while you will
> be blacklisted. Spam is invariably sent from somebody else's computer
> after hijacking it, or through a mail server configured as an open
> relay (yes, they still exist).
>
> But
John Hasler wrote:
> Grok Mogger writes:
>> 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?
>
> No. You have a valid "mail account" on a
Grok Mogger wrote:
> I was hoping someone could help me understand how cron
> magically sends email. My ultimate goal is to configure cron to
> send real Internet email so instead of just getting mail on my
> unix accounts on my linux box (which I read via the 'mail'
> command) I can get email at
Joe wrote:
>> 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
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 08:45:40PM -0500, Grok Mogger wrote:
>>
>> 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
>> b
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
unde
Joshua J. Kugler wrote:
What do you mean "legitimate internet mail?" What would illegitimate internet
mail be?
Well.. not to throw gas on the fire spam, improperly formatted
headers, :-(
Miles
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On 02/21/07 19:06, Miles Fidelman wrote:
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> 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 ou
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On 02/21/07 18:53, Grok Mogger wrote:
> Miles Fidelman wrote:
>> Grok Mogger wrote:
>>> I was hoping someone could help me understand how cron magically
>>> sends email. My ultimate goal is to configure cron to send real
>>> Internet email so inst
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 07:23:49PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> 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 t
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On 02/21/07 21:30, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 07:23:49PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 02/21/07 19:06, Miles Fidelman wrote:
>>> Grok Mogger wrote:
[snip]
> The most amazing moment in the development of my *nix geekness wa
On Thu 2007-02-22 10:33:34 -0500 Greg Folkert wrote:
>
> The real problem I see now, is SPAM zombies delivering mail to the ISP
> mail server, then it becomes RFC-822 compliant. I fix that by slowing
> down the conversation in the beginning by using SA-Exim which scan for
> SPAM on SMTP time. If i
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