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[AntoineLev]

Hi,

I tried many cron options, but mails doesn't arrive..

• 14,15,16,17,18 * * *
• 18 * * *
  We use magento 1,7,0,2

Do you have an idea from where it comes ?

Regards

Antoine L.
France

[cloud-construct]

I note that you do not have a minutes column.
For example for 14:30 then 15:30 etc: 30 14,15,16 * * *

I have this problem where emails do not appear to be sent by cron. Looking at the cron table there do not appear to be any events created for cron to work with.

Do you manage to resolve it?

[AntoineLev]

I entered your example but it didn't anything.
Can you give me an example of an entry in cron table. i can enter data directly inside to test it.
Thanks.

[cloud-construct]

We both agree that doesn't work then! 👍

What I've also done (and since had an email, yay!) was edit the Magento cron config from the How to setup a cron guide here: http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/1_-_installation_and_configuration/how_to_setup_a_cron_job

Edit file:
/app/code/core/Mage/CatalogRule/etc/config.xml

In the crontab / jobs section added:

        <Laurent>
            <schedule>
                <cron_expr>* 1 * * *</cron_expr>
            </schedule>
            <run>
                <model>OrderTickets/Observer::sendEmailLastRequests</model>
            </run>
        </Laurent>

Which runs the code to check for an email every hour.

[laurent35240]

Hi,

Is your crontab well configured for running Magento cron jobs?
What do you get when you type crontab -l in a terminal on your server?

I will test this stuff again locally and tell you if I find a bug.

Regards
Laurent

[cloud-construct]

Thanks, this got me thinking. I've migrated from FreeBSD to Ubuntu recently and there have been a few gotcha's like this one...it seems editing /etc/crontab directly isn't the done thing in Debian. Instead crontab -e creates a new crontab for root for editing.

What I didn't understand is that I see plenty of table entries being made in the cron table of Magento, maybe they're getting there by a different means.

[AntoineLev]

Hi,

My skills are very limited on server side.
I entered what you proposed on terminal :
"crontab -l
no crontab for root"

It means that I have to install cron ?
I'm on debian v6.0.0 (64BITS)

Thanks.

[cloud-construct]

Yeah, that's what I saw.
Have a read of this: http://www.geoffke.be/nieuws/11/

[laurent35240]

@AntoineLev

Yes, you have to install Magento cron (meaning adding Magento cron script to your crontab).

For doing that, you enter following command line for editing your crontab:
crontab -e
Then you add line like this:
*/5 * * * * php /fullPathToYourMagentoProject/cron.php

Then Magento cron will run every 5 min and you should see the table cron_schedule on your database growing.

I think that you should avoid doing this as root or you will have permission problems. Try running this commands with normal account.

You can check this wiki page that explains more in details how to set up Magento cron: http://support.xtento.com/wiki/Setting_up_the_Magento_cronjob

Regards,
Laurent