[Mailman-Users] Strange Email

[Mark Sapiro]

Jess Mooers wrote:

>I recently started receiving the following email:
>
>====== Forwarded Message ======
>Date: 12/20/05 1:45 PM
>Received: 12/20/05 2:12 PM -0600
>From: Cron Daemon <root at landmannassoc.com>
>To: root at landmannassoc.com
>
>/usr/bin/python: can't open file '/Applications/mailman/cron/gate_news'
>
>====== End Forwarded Message ======
>
>
>I understand why I am getting the message, as the path is invalid, but I have a few questions.
>
>1. Where is the email generated?


By the cron daemon when it attempts to run the command.


>2. Can I change the address it is sent to (my domain has changed)?


Yes. See 'man cron' 'man crontab' and 'man 5 crontab'


>3. Where is the path defined as 'Applications/mailman/cron/gate_news' so I can change it?


In some crontab. Normally, it's the mailman user's crontab which is
possibly /var/spool/cron/mailman, but is installed/maintained by
'crontab' - see 'man crontab'.

However, the fact that results/errors are apparently being mailed to
'root' and not 'mailman' says this may be a crontab installed in
/etc/cron.d. These are a slightly different format as they have an
additional field between the times/days and the command which contains
the user under which to run the command.

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