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Date:      Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:25:39 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
From:      Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@rcn.com>
To:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Message from CRON
Message-ID:  <Pine.WNT.4.58.0403081817560.2692@Treneq>

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>From time to time, I receive a notification that I have mail in
/var/mail/ges.

Upon checking, this is what I find:



>From ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com Mon Mar  8 18:11:01 2004
Return-Path: <ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com>
Received: from BudMan.cable.rcn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by BudMan.cable.rcn.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i28NB0Ja029641
	for <ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com>; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:11:00 -0500 (EST)
	(envelope-from ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com)
Received: (from ges@localhost)
	by BudMan.cable.rcn.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i28NB0Qo029628;
	Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:11:00 -0500 (EST)
	(envelope-from ges)
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:11:00 -0500 (EST)
Message-Id: <200403082311.i28NB0Qo029628@BudMan.cable.rcn.com>
From: ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com (Cron Daemon)
To: ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com
Subject: Cron <ges@BudMan> operator /usr/libexec/save-entropy
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/home/ges>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=ges>
X-Cron-Env: <USER=ges>

operator: not found

>From ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com Mon Mar  8 18:15:01 2004
Return-Path: <ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com>
Received: from BudMan.cable.rcn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by BudMan.cable.rcn.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i28NF0Ja029878
	for <ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com>; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:15:00 -0500 (EST)
	(envelope-from ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com)
Received: (from ges@localhost)
	by BudMan.cable.rcn.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i28NF0pd029876;
	Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:15:00 -0500 (EST)
	(envelope-from ges)
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:15:00 -0500 (EST)
Message-Id: <200403082315.i28NF0pd029876@BudMan.cable.rcn.com>
From: ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com (Cron Daemon)
To: ges@BudMan.cable.rcn.com
Subject: Cron <ges@BudMan> root	/usr/libexec/atrun
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/home/ges>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=ges>
X-Cron-Env: <USER=ges>

root: not found

You will notice that these times are very close together. Actually, I have
received messages with the times varying by only a few seconds. Why am I
receiving these messages, and what are they trying to tell me?

Thanks!

Gerard Seibert
gerard-seibert@rcn.com



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