[Fwd: Re: How does Cron send email?]
Grok Mogger wrote:
I have read the cron manpage. I understand what cron mails and under
what conditions it mails it, what I don't understand is HOW it mails
it. I know that cron just sends the output of whatever script it
runs. I don't understand how it mails that output. I'd like to
understand how it does that so that I can make it send email to a
gmail account or a similar "real" Internet account.
Are you telling me that if I set my MAILTO entry to something like
'Joe.Person@gmail.com', that's actually going to send legitimate
Internet mail to Joe at his gmail account? I find that hard to believe.
What leads you to think it won't? All cron does is invoke your system
mail program.
Why not just try it. If it doesn't work, then set MAILTO=<a local
account> then set up an alias or a .forward file to forward that account
to your gmail account.
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