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)