Stephen Touset wrote:
Did you try restarting anacron when you made the /etc/anacrontab changes? The reason it's working now is probably because you added that line into /etc/cron.d/anacron, and it restarted the next time it came across that.Try taking out /etc/cron.d/anacron and see if it still works.Stephen Touset
Removing MAILTO=web from /etc/cron.d/anacron stoped the mailing so it does seem to be coming from there. /etc/anacrontab is set to 1:05 /etc/cron.d/anacron is set up as 1:30 It seems they are both running. In all probability the system was re-booted after my original /etc/anacrontab changes since I have to regulary boot into windows to see if web designs are OK in IE. I am replacing MAILTO=web in /etc/cron.d/anacron &, for consistancy, and # ing out anacrons line Will let you know outcome Dave