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From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 13:09:51 +0000, Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> wrote:
> You should see these lines in /etc/crontab:
> 
> # Perform daily/weekly/monthly maintenance.
> 1       3       *       *       *       root    periodic daily
> 15      4       *       *       6       root    periodic weekly
> 30      5       1       *       *       root    periodic monthly
> 
> You can set the MAILTO environment variable in /etc/crontab to mail to
> an alternate address if needed.

Another way is to edit /etc/mail/aliases and forward mail
to root to your preferred account, e. g.

	root: myuser

Note that "recompiling" sendmail's files is neccessary, and
sendmail needs to be restarted. It is explained at the top
of Makefile in the /etc/mail directory. It's quite easy. :-)





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Polytropon
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