[NTLUG:Discuss] Cron

[Tom Hoover]

On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 10:54:58AM -0500, Scott Hollomon wrote:
> There are user crontab files in /var/spool/cron, but there is no MAILTO line 
> in those files.  Is the answer as simple, as suggested in another post above, 
> as putting a >/dev/null at the end of each line in the user files I don't 
> want to get mail about?

Or, you can define an "empty" MAILTO, if you don't wish to receive any
email from the associated crontab file.

From 'man5 crontab':

  If MAILTO is defined (and non-empty), mail is sent to the user so named.
  If MAILTO is defined, but empty (MAILTO=""), no mail will be sent.
  Otherwise mail is sent to the owner of the crontab.