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Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 09:15:56 -0700 (MST)
From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: Doug Sampson <dougs@dawnsign.com>
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Subject: Re: newaliases not working?
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On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Doug Sampson wrote:

> I'm having trouble getting the periodic reports sent out on a daily basis
> from a FreeBSD 6.2 server. I've changed the /etc/aliases file so that root
> points to an administrative mail address.

You can do that directly in /etc/periodic.conf:

daily_output="user@domain.com"

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA