[tor-bugs] #4295 [Company]: Please create tor-consensus-health mailing list.

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#4295: Please create tor-consensus-health mailing list.
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    Reporter:  phobos   |       Owner:  phobos  
        Type:  task     |      Status:  reopened
    Priority:  normal   |   Milestone:          
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Comment(by phobos):

 Replying to [comment:6 karsten]:
 > Replying to [comment:5 phobos]:
 > > I don't like having root@ anything post to a public mailing list. Does
 it need to be a root cronjob doing the reporting?
 >
 > I don't know.  Here's what I added to the end of the crontab for the
 metrics user:
 >
 > {{{
 > MAILTO=tor-consensus-health at lists.torproject.org
 > 2 * * * * cd /srv/metrics.torproject.org/web/; ./run-chc.sh
 > }}}
 >
 > How would I change this, e.g., to have the metrics user send the output
 to the mailing list?  I'd rather not want to teach Java how to send
 emails, if possible.
 >
 > > Everyone is moderated on the list.
 >
 > OK.

 The first question is does root have to run the script?

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