Problem with exim4

[FANG]

Hello i would like to know the process that automatically generates an email.
Part of the mainlog file is posted here:

2010-05-19 10:02:16 1OEeE8-0006qH-A6 <= [email protected] U=root P=local S=10117
2010-05-19 10:02:17 1OEeE8-0006qH-A6 => [email protected] <[email protected]> R=hub_user_smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost H=machine2.intra.it [x.x.x.x]
2010-05-19 10:02:17 1OEeE8-0006qH-A6 Completed

the mail has been send from root to user!

thanks a lot

 

[nobaloney]

Lots of processes can send emails from root to users. Generally, though, they come from cronjobs.

Jeff

 

[FANG]

Ok, but they send email from root to user only if i write a specific command like MAIL or not?
It's possible that some job send email withouth a command? because from the maillog i've understood that the email is generated by a script that is launched every second minute of every hour. But in this script ther is no a command for send an email...

 

[nobaloney]

All cronjobs by default send all output to the user running the cronjob unless otherwise configured.

For more information see:

man 5 crontab

and search for the word mail.

Jeff