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#! rnews 916 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!serv.hinet.net!news.cc.nctu.edu.tw!news.ee.ntit.edu.tw!spring.edu.tw!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!news.consultix.com!news.emi.com!usenet From: "George H. Gates" <ggates@knighted.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc Subject: cron and mail Date: 11 Sep 1996 22:56:26 GMT Organization: Knighted Computers Lines: 7 Message-ID: <01bba034$6163e1e0$05b3ffcc@ppp-.knighted.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.255.179.5 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 Does anyone know a way to make cron stop mailing a person when it does a job? I have a cronjob that runs every 5 minutes to see if a dialout ppp connection is still live, and it mails me with the results. 12 messages an hour fills up my mailbax and is a real pain. George H. Gates root@knighted.com