Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 10:15:11 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Aflatoon Aflatooni <aaflatooni@yahoo.com>, Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Daily run reports Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0910071002570.19098@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20091007164212.f7dff406.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <496325.97096.qm@web56204.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <4ad871310910070609r126fb880he201b9f2aa2d3f3f@mail.gmail.com> <20091007164212.f7dff406.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Wed, 7 Oct 2009, Polytropon wrote: > 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, To be more precise, rebuilding the aliases file. > and sendmail needs to be restarted. It is explained at the top of > Makefile in the /etc/mail directory. It's quite easy. :-) But 'newaliases' is easier yet. Is restarting sendmail after newaliases really necessary? I change aliases so rarely I've never really noticed. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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