From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com (out4.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6166610AF6 for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2008 13:03:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ABFF18C35B for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2008 13:04:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:04:59 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: moV7mtdECTqOsC2vlUR1HiX1P2w6HGoU2ZXwBs1Kc+33 1225559099 Received: from cq.ftml.net (unknown [24.105.200.14]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2B14510B65 for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2008 13:04:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from chuckh by cq.ftml.net with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KwJu4-0007vN-W1 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:04:48 -0400 Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 13:04:48 -0400 From: Chuck Hallenbeck To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: cron and annoyances Message-ID: <20081101170448.GA29997@cq.ftml.net> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:03:46 -0000 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.