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On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Damian Gerow wrote:

> Thus spake Mikolaj Rydzewski (miki@ceti.pl) [17/11/03 16:20]:
> > Why don't you like the idea: no output means no errors? Just create your
> > periodic scripts to produce no output when everything is fine. Cron will
> > not mail you anything what has produced no results.
>
> What if someone hacks into your server, and just turns off periodic
> mailings?

So he is able to spoof output of anything.

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