Re: MAILTO=/dev/null

[Erik Persson <erikp@djingis.se>]

Tony Heal wrote:
> I have a file named 'custom' in /etc/cron.d and the first line in this file
> is MAILTO=/dev/null.
> I have a file that is run every minute that tests permissions on a file and
> emails me it they have changed. This script is to troubleshoot another
> problem.
> * * * * *       root     /usr/local/bin/permissions_test.pl
>  
> My problem is that now I am getting an email every minute stating
> /dev/null@xxxx.com is an unbootable address.
>  
> The server is Debian sarge with exim4.
>  
> How can I stop from getting any emails at all from cron on this file?

From man 5 crontab:
"If MAILTO is defined (and non-empty), mail is  sent  to  the  user  so 
named.  If MAILTO is defined but empty (MAILTO=""), no mail will be 
sent. Otherwise mail is sent to the owner of the crontab."