On Sun April 17 2005 02:56 pm, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am So, den 17.04.2005 schrieb Claude Jones um 20:40: > > Well, I tried this, but I probably misunderstood where you intended I put > > it. My crontab calls up this script: > > > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail start > > gotmail -u [my username] -p [mypassword] -f claude_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --delete > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail stop > > Put the 3 commands - but see Matthew's comment about Sendmail running (I > second to not stop that service) - into 1 bash script and run that from > crontab. > > > I tried putting your suggested line, "/dev/null 2>&1" at the top of this > > script, an after the second line, but neither of these worked -- > > Is this the right script? Right position in the script? Or are you > > speaking of putting this line in the Perl script? When you say "behind > > the script command" I'm not clear what you mean, exactly. > > Well, the command sequence is meant to redirect the output to electronic > nirvana. > > gotmail -u [my username] -p [mypassword] -f claude_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > --delete > /dev/null 2>&1 > Ok, I did as you suggested, but I'm still getting the messages, but, with a twist - this is the latest: Starting sendmail: [ OK ] Starting sm-client: [ OK ] Shutting down sendmail: [ OK ] Shutting down sm-client: [ OK ] As opposed to what I was getting previously: Starting sendmail: [ OK ] Starting sm-client: [ OK ] Gotmail v0.8.2 Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Peter Hawkins Gotmail comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details. Getting hotmail index page... Processing java check.... Logging in... Following redirect... Going to Inbox Page: http://by21fd.bay21.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/HoTMail Loading main display... $folder_index_url->/cgi-bin/folders? Loading folder list... Processing Folder: "Inbox", Total messages:Starting sendmail: [ OK ] Starting sm-client: [ OK ] Gotmail v0.8.2 Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Peter Hawkins Gotmail comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details. Getting hotmail index page... Processing java check.... Logging in... Following redirect... Going to Inbox Page: http://by21fd.bay21.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/HoTMail Loading main display... $folder_index_url->/cgi-bin/folders? Loading folder list... Processing Folder: "Inbox", Total messages: 0, Unread messages: 0. Loading folder "Inbox" page 1... Processing Folder: "Sent Messages", Total messages: 0, Unread messages: 0. Loading folder "Sent Messages" page 1... Processing Folder: "Drafts", Total messages: 0, Unread messages: 0. Loading folder "Drafts" page 1... Processing Folder: "Junk E-Mail", Total messages: 0, Unread messages: 0. Loading folder "Junk E-Mail" page 1... All done! Shutting down sendmail: [ OK ] Shutting down sm-client: [ OK ] 0, Unread messages: 0. Loading folder "Inbox" page 1... Processing Folder: "Sent Messages", Total messages: 0, Unread messages: 0. Loading folder "Sent Messages" page 1... Processing Folder: "Drafts", Total messages: 0, Unread messages: 0. Loading folder "Drafts" page 1... Processing Folder: "Junk E-Mail", Total messages: 0, Unread messages: 0. Loading folder "Junk E-Mail" page 1... All done! Shutting down sendmail: [ OK ] Shutting down sm-client: [ OK ] So, I guess my next question relates to your comment about Matthew's comment about not stop/starting sendmail. I had done this because I had read that this service should be kept off to improve security. I thought I was being clever, but, I gather you/Matthew are saying this isn't an issue? Should I take any security measures regarding sendmail if I turn it on permanently? -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA
