How do I stop cron Job from emailing me ?

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#1 Tue, 10/06/2009 - 12:38

Anonymous

How do I stop cron Job from emailing me ?

Every time my cron jobs run, I get a n email sent to me.

Where do I turn this off ?

I looked in : WebMin->System->Scheduled Cron Jobs-> Edit Cron Job but could not see anywhere to turn off the email.

Also I noticed that even though one of my cron jobs was inactive (red cross) it still go run - is that a known bug ?

Thanks.

#2 Sat, 10/24/2009 - 06:03

Davvit

Hi,

This is a pretty SERIOUS PROBLEM

Would be great if someone could let me how to stop the thousandS of emails that are flooding my server when I let the cron jobs

Most of my cron jobs are using this website: customer service software

and this one:

website traffic

So hopefully these sites will not be too affected by the increase load on the server. thanks

#3 Sat, 10/10/2009 - 23:02

andreychek

What cron job is emailing you, and what's listed in the email you receive?

-Eric

#4 Sat, 10/24/2009 - 05:55

Davvit

The cron jobs that are mailing me are the ones that I set up via the WebMin control panel.

The contents of the email is empty unless there is an error. ( the error goes in the contents )

The subject line shows which script is being run eg

Cron <focus7@heavyhoster> php -q /home/focus7/public_html/auto_remind1.php Cron <focus7@heavyhoster> php -q /home/focus7/public_html/auto_remind2.php Cron <focus7@heavyhoster> php -q /home/focus7/public_html/auto_warn.php Cron <guru54gt5@heavyhoster> php -q /home/guru54gt5/public_html/sys/auto.php #auto-responder

http://www.expert-world.com/website-traffic.html

I can not find any option to turn these email notices off. I am getting several hundred jamming up my inbox most days.

#5 Sat, 10/17/2009 - 20:14

ronald

at the end of the cmd of the cronjob you can add: >/dev/null 2>&1
a line would look like this: etc/webmin/virtual-server/collectinfo.pl >/dev/null 2>&1

#6 Mon, 03/07/2016 - 15:06 (Reply to #5)

SWYD

first of all, thank you for the answer, but did not work for me

/home/user/folder/script parameter >/dev/null 2>&1

Error: no output created

When i try to start it without >/dev/null 2>&1 it works

/home/user/folder/script parameter

#7 Sat, 10/24/2009 - 05:58

Davvit

Thanks for helping.

I added that code and I am now waiting until tomorrow to see if the emails stop getting generated.

#8 Tue, 06/29/2010 - 13:20

bislinks

Thanks for that too.

Business Impact Solutions Computer Repair, Web Hosting, Web Design, and Web Development

#9 Thu, 02/14/2013 - 19:49

hollyboom

My best regards,and thank´s 1milion times,becouse that eat the cpu resources of an 8gb ram in scond.

#10 Sat, 01/14/2017 - 11:48

-eclipse-

Adding >/dev/null 2>&1 to the end of the CRON job works like a charm.

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