topic Re: how send cron job logs to gmail id? in Operating System - Linux

how send cron job logs to gmail id?

friend_1 — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:29:17 GMT

Hi,

How to send cron job logs to gmail id from Linux server? I am using RHEL 4AS.

Please help

thanks in advance

Re: how send cron job logs to gmail id?

J. Maestre — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:54:51 GMT

You can:

-Create a .forward file on the home directory of the user running the cron job. That file should contain the addresses you want to forward mail to (that will forward all of that user's incoming emails, though).

-Use postfix (or similar) to compose and send mails from within the very cron job.

Re: how send cron job logs to gmail id?

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:15:34 GMT

Shalom,

In crontab

script | mail -s "Batch job" youraccount@gmail.com

Your system must be able to deliver mail directly to the Internet or be configured to a relay server.

Mail to most services like gmail requires the mail originate at a fixed IP address and the domain name in the email address and server IP address be verifiable by DNS lookup.

SEP

Re: how send cron job logs to gmail id?

friend_1 — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:44:03 GMT

Hi,

How to configuare to send logs to gmail?

Thnaks,

Re: how send cron job logs to gmail id?

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:08:24 GMT

Shalom,

Try this script.
http://www.hpux.ws/mailfile2

Alter the darned thing so it doesn't send me mail.

Again note that gmail might eat your mail if a lot of details are not lined up.

Also, some companies have a policy against this kind of data being sent to gmail, so make sure you are good with regards to data security policy.

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No electrons were harmed in the creation of this post.

SEP

Re: how send cron job logs to gmail id?

Kapil Jha — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:04:18 GMT

If your system has connectivity with external world you just mail to type

mail -s subject abc@pqr.com < file name

this would sent content to specified account.
As said above gmail is not a good idea from security, so keep it in mind.

BR,
Kapil+

Re: how send cron job logs to gmail id?

Logu_2 — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:10:34 GMT

Cron has this feature inbuilt. On top of the crontab file assign the MAILTO variable as follows

MAILTO=yourgmail@gmail.com

By default it uses local smtp server, not sure if gmail policies will allow them to accept mail from your IP.