On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 13:26 -0700, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote: > Terry Polzin <foxec208@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Is there a way to configure sendmail NOT to send messages with empty > > bodies? > > Sendmail is an MTA. It isn't a good idea for the MTA to second guess > intentions. Yes, some other OS's might do things that way, but that > isn't the un*x way. If you have a program that sometimes generates > output that should be mailed off you can easily have it capture the > output in a file and only mail that file if the file is no-zero. > > programname > /tmp/log$$ 2>&1 > if [ -n /tmp/log$$ ] > then > /bin/mail -s "programname run at $(date)" username > fi > /bin/rm /tmp/log$$ > > -- > Wolfgang S. Rupprecht http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/ (IPv6-only) yes, I figured this might be the responses I would get. But I (root) doesn't "own" the script. It's a (poorly) written user script <sigh>. I'm not allowed (at work) to control the users or the programmers <another sigh> -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines