cron and annoyances

cron and annoyances

[Tyler Littlefield]

Hello list,
I was wondering if anyone had a fix for this.
I get tons of mail from cron a day, in my local mailbox, which is rather 
annoying,
I think it goes to two accounts of mine on the system, and it happens every 
15 mins or so.
Is there a way I can silence this?


Thanks,
Tyler Littlefield
email: tyler@tysdomain.com
web: tysdomain-com
Visit for quality software and web design.
skype: st8amnd2005

Re: cron and annoyances

[Chuck Hallenbeck]

Tyler,

Look in /etc/crontab and find out what application is run every 15
minutes to produce the mail you are getting. Redirect the output of
that application to /dev/null by adding the necessary redirection
information to the line that runs the application.

Better yet, read the mail you are being sent to learn what the error is
that you are being told about, and fix it.

Chuck


On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 09:45:24AM -0600, Tyler Littlefield wrote:
> Hello list,
> I was wondering if anyone had a fix for this.
> I get tons of mail from cron a day, in my local mailbox, which is rather  
> annoying,
> I think it goes to two accounts of mine on the system, and it happens 
> every 15 mins or so.
> Is there a way I can silence this?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tyler Littlefield
> email: tyler@tysdomain.com
> web: tysdomain-com
> Visit for quality software and web design.
> skype: st8amnd2005
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

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Re: cron and annoyances

[Jayson Smith]

Hi,

     Chuck said just about what I was going to say here. Try redirecting the 
output of the commands to /dev/null. However, some commands which are 
normally silent will produce output if an error occurs, even if they've been 
redirected to /dev/null. If you still get the messages, actually read one to 
find out what error is occurring, and fix it.
Jayson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Hallenbeck" <chuckh@ftml.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: cron and annoyances


> Tyler,
>
> Look in /etc/crontab and find out what application is run every 15
> minutes to produce the mail you are getting. Redirect the output of
> that application to /dev/null by adding the necessary redirection
> information to the line that runs the application.
>
> Better yet, read the mail you are being sent to learn what the error is
> that you are being told about, and fix it.
>
> Chuck
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 09:45:24AM -0600, Tyler Littlefield wrote:
>> Hello list,
>> I was wondering if anyone had a fix for this.
>> I get tons of mail from cron a day, in my local mailbox, which is rather
>> annoying,
>> I think it goes to two accounts of mine on the system, and it happens
>> every 15 mins or so.
>> Is there a way I can silence this?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tyler Littlefield
>> email: tyler@tysdomain.com
>> web: tysdomain-com
>> Visit for quality software and web design.
>> skype: st8amnd2005
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Speakup mailing list
>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
> -- 
> The Moon is Waxing Crescent (12% of Full)
>
> My web site: http://hallenbeck.ftml.net -- my telephone: 1-518-334-9022.
>                                --------
> It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup 

Re: cron and annoyances

[Tyler Littlefield]

it was just the output from the commands I was getting. /dev/null worked, 
thanks. didn't think of that. :)

Thanks,
Tyler Littlefield
email: tyler@tysdomain.com
web: tysdomain-com
Visit for quality software and web design.
skype: st8amnd2005

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jayson Smith" <jaybird@bluegrasspals.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: cron and annoyances


> Hi,
>
>     Chuck said just about what I was going to say here. Try redirecting 
> the output of the commands to /dev/null. However, some commands which are 
> normally silent will produce output if an error occurs, even if they've 
> been redirected to /dev/null. If you still get the messages, actually read 
> one to find out what error is occurring, and fix it.
> Jayson
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chuck Hallenbeck" <chuckh@ftml.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 1:04 PM
> Subject: Re: cron and annoyances
>
>
>> Tyler,
>>
>> Look in /etc/crontab and find out what application is run every 15
>> minutes to produce the mail you are getting. Redirect the output of
>> that application to /dev/null by adding the necessary redirection
>> information to the line that runs the application.
>>
>> Better yet, read the mail you are being sent to learn what the error is
>> that you are being told about, and fix it.
>>
>> Chuck
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 09:45:24AM -0600, Tyler Littlefield wrote:
>>> Hello list,
>>> I was wondering if anyone had a fix for this.
>>> I get tons of mail from cron a day, in my local mailbox, which is rather
>>> annoying,
>>> I think it goes to two accounts of mine on the system, and it happens
>>> every 15 mins or so.
>>> Is there a way I can silence this?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Tyler Littlefield
>>> email: tyler@tysdomain.com
>>> web: tysdomain-com
>>> Visit for quality software and web design.
>>> skype: st8amnd2005
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Speakup mailing list
>>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>>
>> -- 
>> The Moon is Waxing Crescent (12% of Full)
>>
>> My web site: http://hallenbeck.ftml.net -- my telephone: 1-518-334-9022.
>>                                --------
>> It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever 
>> final.
>> _______________________________________________
>> Speakup mailing list
>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
> _______________________________________________
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Re: cron and annoyances

[Kerry Hoath]

Find out what cron jobs are generating the mail then figure out why.
Solve the problems and the mail will stop.
Otherwise edit the scripts that are running every 15 minutes and either 
unset
MAILTO
at the top of the script
or redirect the output of the command that generates output to /dev/null 
with
>/dev/null 2>&1

be warned, if you blackhole the output of a command that has an error 
condition and you haven't solved the underlying problem you may get yourself 
into trouble.
Regards, Kerry.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tyler Littlefield" <tyler@tysdomain.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 12:45 AM
Subject: cron and annoyances


> Hello list,
> I was wondering if anyone had a fix for this.
> I get tons of mail from cron a day, in my local mailbox, which is rather 
> annoying,
> I think it goes to two accounts of mine on the system, and it happens 
> every 15 mins or so.
> Is there a way I can silence this?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tyler Littlefield
> email: tyler@tysdomain.com
> web: tysdomain-com
> Visit for quality software and web design.
> skype: st8amnd2005
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 

Re: cron and annoyances

[Alex Snow]

If you also make sure that stderr is redirected, this should 
completely silence even errors.
On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 01:14:51PM -0400, 
Jayson Smith wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>     Chuck said just about what I was going to say here. Try redirecting the 
> output of the commands to /dev/null. However, some commands which are 
> normally silent will produce output if an error occurs, even if they've 
> been redirected to /dev/null. If you still get the messages, actually read 
> one to find out what error is occurring, and fix it.
> Jayson
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chuck Hallenbeck" <chuckh@ftml.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 1:04 PM
> Subject: Re: cron and annoyances
> 
> 
> >Tyler,
> >
> >Look in /etc/crontab and find out what application is run every 15
> >minutes to produce the mail you are getting. Redirect the output of
> >that application to /dev/null by adding the necessary redirection
> >information to the line that runs the application.
> >
> >Better yet, read the mail you are being sent to learn what the error is
> >that you are being told about, and fix it.
> >
> >Chuck
> >
> >
> >On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 09:45:24AM -0600, Tyler Littlefield wrote:
> >>Hello list,
> >>I was wondering if anyone had a fix for this.
> >>I get tons of mail from cron a day, in my local mailbox, which is rather
> >>annoying,
> >>I think it goes to two accounts of mine on the system, and it happens
> >>every 15 mins or so.
> >>Is there a way I can silence this?
> >>
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Tyler Littlefield
> >>email: tyler@tysdomain.com
> >>web: tysdomain-com
> >>Visit for quality software and web design.
> >>skype: st8amnd2005
> >>
> >>_______________________________________________
> >>Speakup mailing list
> >>Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> >>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
> >-- 
> >The Moon is Waxing Crescent (12% of Full)
> >
> >My web site: http://hallenbeck.ftml.net -- my telephone: 1-518-334-9022.
> >                               --------
> >It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.
> >_______________________________________________
> >Speakup mailing list
> >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup 
> 
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