Re: How does Cron send email?
Grok Mogger wrote:
> I was hoping someone could help me understand how cron
> magically sends email. My ultimate goal is to configure cron to
> send real Internet email so instead of just getting mail on my
> unix accounts on my linux box (which I read via the 'mail'
> command) I can get email at my gmail account.
Create a ~/.forward file that contains the email address you want your local
mailbox redirected to, followed by a newline.
> I have a feeling that this would be a very complicated thing to
> explain to me, so I'd appreciate someone just giving me a shove
> in the right direction. I am completely at a loss as to how to
> even begin.
Well, my answer *does* assume you have a working MTA that is able to pass
messages to the Internet to start with, but otherwise I've tried to make it
straightforward.
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