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Old 08-24-2009
no mail after cron

Hi All,

My current version is 5.10 Generic_127127-11,
I'm not getting mails after cron for single os user

where as for others users im getting mail after cron.

i've not found any mail file in /var/mail for that particular user, and i have created a new mail file. but no luck

please advice how to enable the mail.
# 2  
Old 08-24-2009
Is that user's cron job producing anything of STDOUT or STDERR? Have you tried sending that user an email to see if it arrives ok?
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