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From: Mark Himsley <mark AT mdsh DOT com>
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Subject: Re: CRON and mail messages
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 23:30:05 +0100
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On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 14:54:16 EDT you wrote:

>Can someone tell me how to prevent cron from sending errors to the "Administrator AT xxxx DOT org".  Yes I am running as the administrator account for various reasons.  I'd like to redirect all cron messages regarding errors to another smtp account - my real one.  Can this be done?
>
>Much thanks!

Have you tried the 'MAILTO' variable in your crontab?
Or `man 5 crontab`?

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Mark Himsley
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