user crontab and msmtp packages not working together ?

frenchn00b · 04-20-2009, 01:29 AM

Hello,

Have you also troubles with user crontab and msmtp packages to be working together ?

1/
configure well your msmtp to send email
check it
echo "test yes" | mutt robert
it works, OK,
let's continue

2/
example, as user, edit crontab
with

Code:

crontab -e

put this

Code:

0 8    * * *   echo "test yes" | mutt robert

3/ wait and check your mail box

NOTHIGN

You too ?

--
I used :
nbsmtp and it is working

seems that there is BUGS somewhere

MensaWater · 04-20-2009, 10:10 AM

cron runs a minimal shell not the one you inherit when you type on command line.

Put in full path to echo command and to mutt command and it will likely work. e.g.

Code:

0 8    * * *   /bin/echo "test yes" | /usr/bin/mutt robert

Also note that most Bourne based shells have an "echo" built in and they do different things. For your example I imagine the /bin/echo will work fine.

Finally: There could be issues with quoting as it is being processed by cron and then by the shell whereas your command line is only going to the shell directly. I doubt that is an issue in your example though but it is something to keep in mind for more complicated command lines.