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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:23:01 +0200
From: albi <albi@scii.nl>
To: "Lisa Casey" <lisa@jellico.com>
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Subject: Re: e-mail from cron
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On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:05:14 -0400
"Lisa Casey" <lisa@jellico.com> wrote:


> 30      5       1       *       *       root    periodic monthly 2>&1
> | sendmail service@jellico.com
> #
> 
> but all I get is a blank email sent to service@jellico.com

does it work if you use the command "mail" instead ? see : man mail

also.. using 2>&1 doesn't seem appropriate, afaik you would use that in
crontab if you don't want to get emails via cron

-- 
grtjs,
albi