At Dienstag, 3. August 2010 08:00 David C. Rankin wrote: > Well sometimes the stupid ones among us don't always catch that dovecot is > being updated when it is one of 73+ updates that take place. But we 'do' always > catch the failure to copy to sent -- later :p If the count of updates is your problem than this idea could be something for you: # cat /etc/cron.daily/pacman.updates #!/bin/sh { /usr/bin/pacman -Sy echo /usr/bin/pacman -Sup } | /usr/bin/mail -s "$(hostname -s): Arch Updates" YourUser No question, this is more simple than perfect. -) See you, Attila