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Scott,

why are you using cron to run fetchmail, and not just putting
fetchmail into daemon mode? 

To get rid of the mails from cron, put

>/dev/null 2>&1

at the end of the line in your crontab that runs fetchmail. Hth.

Greg


On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 10:11:09PM -0400, Scott Howell wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> I've setup a cron job for my wife that polls for her mail. The problem 
> is that cron sends her a message everytime fetchmail is run. I have a 
> similar setup, but I don't get these messages unless something is wrong 
> with my setup, but doesn't appear to be the case. She is getting mail, 
> but just tuns of these messages from Cron.
> I know there is a way to stop these messages bening sent to her, but I 
> can't think of what that is. Has anyone a suggestion?
> 
> tia,
> Scott
> 
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