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echo "This is a test" | sendmail xxx@yahoo.com

Configure Cron Jobs

Update Cron to mail to a particular userBecause cron uses a minimal shell, we need to update it's path. 

crontab -e

Set the path for cron and MAILTO at the beginning of the file.

Setting a MAILTO="" will disable cron from sending emails for jobs which generate output.

PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin
MAILTO=""

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