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<p>Asmodean: /* Transcript */ linebreaks</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1728<br /> | date = September 2, 2016<br /> | title = Cron Mail<br /> | image = cron_mail.png<br /> | titletext = Take THAT, piece of 1980s-era infrastructure I've inexplicably maintained on my systems for 15 years despite never really learning how it works.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page.}}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> Cueball is sitting at a table on his laptop. Ponytail walks up to him.<br /> <br /> '''Cueball''': I've been getting these &quot;You have new mail&quot; UNIX notifications for like 15 years, but I've never bothered to figure out what it's talking about.<br /> <br /> '''Ponytail''': Look in /var/mail?<br /> <br /> '''Cueball''': Ok...<br /> <br /> '''Cueball''': Oh, wow, there's like a gigabyte of stuff from Cron in here.<br /> <br /> '''Ponytail''': *sigh*<br /> <br /> '''Ponytail''': You should fix your Cron, then point &quot;MailTo=&quot; somewhere you actually see-<br /> <br /> '''Cueball''': Better idea:<br /> <br /> '''Cueball''' (typing into computer): export MAILTO=/etc/crontab<br /> <br /> '''Cueball''': There. Your move, Cron.<br /> <br /> '''Ponytail''': Wow. Hardball.<br /> <br /> '''Cueball''': Let's see how important it thinks that mail really is.<br /> <br /> {{incomplete transcript}}<br /> <br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

Asmodean https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1728:_Cron_Mail&diff=126071 2016-09-02T12:13:19Z

<p>Asmodean: transcript 1</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1728<br /> | date = September 2, 2016<br /> | title = Cron Mail<br /> | image = cron_mail.png<br /> | titletext = Take THAT, piece of 1980s-era infrastructure I've inexplicably maintained on my systems for 15 years despite never really learning how it works.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page.}}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> Cueball is sitting at a table on his laptop. Ponytail walks up to him.<br /> '''Cueball''': I've been getting these &quot;You have new mail&quot; UNIX notifications for like 15 years, but I've never bothered to figure out what it's talking about.<br /> '''Ponytail''': Look in /var/mail?<br /> '''Cueball''': Ok...<br /> '''Cueball''': Oh, wow, there's like a gigabyte of stuff from Cron in here.<br /> '''Ponytail''': *sigh*<br /> '''Ponytail''': You should fix your Cron, then point &quot;MailTo=&quot; somewhere you actually see-<br /> '''Cueball''': Better idea:<br /> '''Cueball''' (typing into computer): export MAILTO=/etc/crontab<br /> '''Cueball''': There. Your move, Cron.<br /> '''Ponytail''': Wow. Hardball.<br /> '''Cueball''': Let's see how important it thinks that mail really is.<br /> {{incomplete transcript}}<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

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