----- Original Message ----- From: "D u n c c s" <drack@xxxxxxxxxx> > Mollat , your script looks really fine so do your cronjobs , having mail > collection upon connection can be a bit tricky coz it will mean should u not > connect u wll not get anything and also shuld u connect @8 in the morning > and remian connected till 12 then u will not get anything in between..But > having a cron will mean yo server is forced by the script (read yo script) > to connect and download mails .I am sure letting cron do the trick is the > best than allowing mail dequeing by connection. I would have of much help if > u had said your cron is not running > If its as you say Dunccs how do I fix it. If its a problem with the cron, then help fix the cron. You know better, I know you have seen the script and how unbecoming it is becoming :), Its getting me in arms with my people what with mail delays etc. > > Duncan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anish Mathew" <nedumannilanish@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Mollatt Ntini" <mntini@xxxxxxxxxx>; "General Red Hat Linux discussion > list" <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:55 AM > Subject: Re: Cron Jobs > > > make ur script running from the ifup-dev script located in > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts. this will let u work ur script whenever ur > dialup connection is up. > > Anish > Mollatt Ntini <mntini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello, > > Guys I need your help here.I am using RHL 7.3, Dialing up to my ISP who > assigns me a static IP on connection. I am supposed to send an ETRN to my > host server so I can get emails for my domain example.com. For this I wrote > a script which is supposed to send an ETRN and then send emails in the > mailq. My problem is I never seem to get it working in my crontab. Basically > I have a script written which is syncmail and a log file syncmail.log all in > /etc/ppp/*. My script looks like this : > > #! /bin/bash > echo Starting the Mail Synchronisation "at: "`date` >> /etc/ppp/syncmail.log > /usr/sbin/sendmail -q > /etc/ppp/etrn -s hostserver.com &>/dev/null > > and my cron looks like this: > > 10 06-18 * * 1-5 /etc/ppp/syncmail > 10 06-18/3 * * 0,6 /etc/ppp/syncmail > 10 02 * * * /etc/ppp/syncmail > > > What I want to happen is to be able to collect mail automatically without > having to push for mail manually, the cron is supposed to do that at least > hourly. Any suggestions. > > thanx > > Molla. > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > --------------------------------- > ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
