On Sun, 18 May 2025, 18:02 Helge Kreutzmann, <deb...@helgefjell.de> wrote:

> Hello Richard,
> Am Sun, May 18, 2025 at 05:41:49PM +0100 schrieb Richard Lewis:
> > On Sun, 18 May 2025, 17:22 Helge Kreutzmann, <deb...@helgefjell.de>
> wrote:
> > > Yes, now the subject is Reboot:
> > >
> > > I dont't get any e-mails without the Reboot form this logcheck
> > > anymore.
> > >
> > > So this would mean (only) cron is running, correct?
> > >
> >
> >
> > yes, i think so. it would help to check that if you comment out the cron
> > line nothing different happens, ie you would then get no mails at all?
>
> I just switched to:
> @reboot         logcheck    if [ ! -d /run/systemd/system ] && [ -x
> /usr/sbin/logcheck ]; then nice -n10 /usr/sbin/logcheck -R; fi
> #2 * * * *       logcheck    if [ ! -d /run/systemd/system ] && [ -x
> /usr/sbin/logcheck ]; then nice -n10 /usr/sbin/logcheck; fi
> #2 * * * *       logcheck    if [ -x /usr/sbin/logcheck ]; then nice -n10
> /usr/sbin/logcheck -R; fi
>
>
> > this does seem to be quite convincing evidence that the systemd timer is
> > really losing mail. but the reason is not clear, at least to me..
> >
> > how can i reproduce your exim setup?
>
> What would you need? I can provide you the files most likely, there
> were created years ago by debconf, just tell me the files you need. I
> would briefly check them for sensitive data, but I don't think there
> is any.
>

i think what i need to know is - how do i configure exim to match your set
up. .probably thay is just what procmail package to install, and any
settings for that? (i know nothing about procmail)

im starting in a systemd-nspawn container and am not seeing the issue yet)

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