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Author: Florian Zieboll
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Configuring cron and exim4 to send e-mail after running cronjob
Am 15. November 2020 01:03:05 MEZ schrieb Marc Shapiro via Dng <dng@???>:

> I use Thunderbird for e-mail, so I have never bothered with configuring
> an MTA.
>
> I have a few lines in root's crontab to do periodic backups and I would
> like to receive an e-mail when the job is completed. 



'msmtp' is a lightweight and simple option for sending messages to remote smtp servers from shell scripts. with a variable (e.g. "$mailcmd") it can be used as drop in replacement for mailx.

libre grüße,
florian



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