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cron + ssmtp mailto functionality
- From: Suresh Kumar <ctconsultant at yahoo dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 11:35:16 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: cron + ssmtp mailto functionality
Background:
=========
I am a complete newbie in linux but have been using
bash for some scripting.
Functionality trying to achieve
======================
I am trying to run a cron scheduler to run a job and
to automatically email me!
Problems
=======
The cron job executes perfectly but the email
functionality does'nt work.
Here is my config
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/etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
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mailhub=smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com
AuthUser=username
AuthPass=mypassword
FromLineOverride=YES
hostname=xxxx@sbcglobal,net
rewriteDomain=sbcglobal.yahoo.com
root=xxx@mydomain.com
usr/sbin/sendmail is a symbolic link to
/usr/sbin/ssmtp
Symtoms
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1. dead.letter found in home/owner
2. /var/log/cron.log has sendmail: 530 authentication
required...message
Can somebody help me to fix this problem. I am
assuming symbolic link to ssmtp for sendmail is fine!
Help please
Thanks
SK
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