On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Indunil Jayasooriya <indunil75 at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > When no MTA is installed, How to send an email with a cronjob? Install postfix and configure to accept messages from 'localhost' only. > > MAILTO=myemail at example.com I guess you have a 'real' email id in your setup. > 15 11 * * * root /root/scripts/backup.sh > > Can I send this email via SMTP server? Some global service providers may accept email from the postfix MTA in your server. Alternately, you can configure postfix to relay the message via a 'smart_host' (preferred method). It will require you to provide a valid email address + plus password for your postfix (client) to do authenticate itself and send the outgoing message. There is ample documentation on the 'Net to accomplish this. -- Arun Khan