On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 02:12:55PM +0530, Indunil Jayasooriya wrote: > Hi, > > When no MTA is installed, How to send an email with a cronjob? > > I have below entrty in my cronjob? > > my /etc/cron.d/backup file looks like this. > > MAILTO=myemail at example.com > 15 11 * * * root /root/scripts/backup.sh > > Can I send this email via SMTP server? > > > Hope to hear from you. There is a tool named SendEmail, which is a perl script that performs the sending side (not receiving) of SMTP email handling. It's straightforward to use via commandline, which is exactly what you would want to use from a cron job: http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/ -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:3 (niv) -----------------------------