James B. Byrne wrote: > > On Wed Jul 13 15:03:40 EDT 2011, Michael Best mbest at pendragon.org > wrote: >> Like this: >> >> MAILTO=testaddr at harte-lyne.ca >> 30 2 * * * echo "this should be mailed" > > That sets MAILTO for the entire crontab does it not? I want to set > MAILTO differently for specific crontab entries. Is that possible? > How is it done? Or do I have to pipe stuff to /usr/bin/mail > explicitly? 30 2 * * * echo "this should be mailed" | mail -s "important email" testaddr at harte-lyne.ca will work. mark