[Users] linux: cron/at based fetch

wwp subscript at free.fr
Tue Jan 3 09:56:51 CET 2017


Hello Andrzej,


On Tue, 03 Jan 2017 09:22:17 +0100 "Andrzej A. Filip" <andrzej.filip at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is it possible to use claws-mail for cron/at scheduled fetches?
> 
> "claws-mail --receive" executed by "at" produced "cannot open display" error.

Not sure this is a good idea. Are you using the users' crontab or the
system one? Anyway, you need to know that processes launched by cron run
in a minimalist environment set. You'd need to set DISPLAY at least,
possibly more.


Regards,

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wwp
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