Hi This discussion list is a mine of information and I have learned a lot in a short space of time - thanks all! My internat gateway/mailserver is up and running correctly, and the clients are able to use software to instruct the server to connect as needed (I set it set up as non-dod). Now I want to automate the collection of e-mail and sending of queued mail; perhaps twice a day for each of these processes. I understand the basics of cron, but I can not get all of the processes to execute automatically. 1. Should I put the instructions in the system crontab or in the root table? 2. Are the commands executed one at a time dependent on the order in the table, or does the time setting play the most important role? Basically I want the server to use my ISDN connect script to dial up, then execute fetchmail, then execute sendmail -q, then hangup after everything is done. Any suggestions? Thanks Grant. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/