From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 31 00:53:57 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE03816A421 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:53:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xrayv19@yahoo.com) Received: from web58108.mail.re3.yahoo.com (web58108.mail.re3.yahoo.com [68.142.236.131]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7FF3B13C458 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:53:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xrayv19@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 63685 invoked by uid 60001); 31 Aug 2007 00:53:23 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=AZuS9sytNkjEq0hMFr/5vJjA/soCEThbGtlteKMQ5U9omtume6xRitOUEcBRX9Pb59jAl9fzEQ92pI60FaMN667uSD43Ar/DClJaec7ab0iyPYKrZaY6Pj3Ci6Xsekqb23GUReV3h6kykXx5gYM6g/KDFnWBYIS0WOtgvwUqT4E=; X-YMail-OSG: QuQEmj4VM1ltyw8C4RfKJG1p74G3GV2e10PDmUr1T45CHPpIrJwXPStPxGv6r1g54VDmHp3EKi3WJFaSTbIfCZ4iAAWqMDUqpfUva2jHZ.W4hm4HB.N5RQM9_VauUMBC Received: from [131.191.82.223] by web58108.mail.re3.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:53:23 PDT Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:53:23 -0700 (PDT) From: L Goodwin To: Bill Moran In-Reply-To: <20070830203250.4734d05c.wmoran@potentialtech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <433252.63642.qm@web58108.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Configuring FreeBSD 6.2 to use sendmail for sending only X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:53:57 -0000 --- Bill Moran wrote: > L Goodwin wrote: > > > > Chuck, I'd prefer to have the script handle the > > mailing so I can test the script (with email > send) > > manually, independent of cron. > > Why? What is your reason for overcomplicating this > task by refusing > to use the facilities built into the system? > > > Still looking for specifics on setting this up and > a > > bourne shell script example that sends an email. > > Thanks! > > Use mail(1). That's what it's there for. Huh? I want to use cron to run the script, but want more control over when and where email gets sent. The business reasons are sound. Anyway, a script that sends email is not complicated, so how can I be overcomplicating anything? Also, recent posts to freebsd-questions on the subject of sending email from cron seemed to favor having the script handle the mailing instead of cron. Anyway, I do not want the client to receive an email if the backup fails. Bill, I'm just trying to figure stuff out here. I'm sorry if my ignorance offends you. I don't know how others feel about it, but I'd prefer not to get negative, condescending replies to my sincerely aimed questions. After all, this is a forum for questions, isn't it? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222