e-mail from cron

[albi]

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:05:14 -0400
"Lisa Casey" <lisa at jellico.com> wrote:


> 30      5       1       *       *       root    periodic monthly 2>&1
> | sendmail service at jellico.com
> #
> 
> but all I get is a blank email sent to service at jellico.com

does it work if you use the command "mail" instead ? see : man mail

also.. using 2>&1 doesn't seem appropriate, afaik you would use that in
crontab if you don't want to get emails via cron

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grtjs,
albi