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Any jobs under the purview of the system administrator should be in <filename>/etc</filename>, since they are configuration files. If you have a root cron job for daily, weekly, or monthly runs, put them in <filename>/etc/cron.{daily,weekly,monthly}</filename>. These are invoked from <filename>/etc/crontab</filename>, and will run in alphabetic order, which serializes them.
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On the other hand, if you have a cron job that (a) needs to run as a special user, or (b) needs to run at a special time or frequency, you can use either <filename>/etc/crontab</filename>, or, better yet, <filename>/etc/cron.d/whatever</filename>. These particular files also have an extra field that allows you to stipulate the user account under which the cron job runs.
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In either case, you just edit the files and cron will notice them automatically. There is no need to run a special command. For more information see cron(8), crontab(5), and <filename>/usr/share/doc/cron/README.Debian</filename>.
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Further Reading and Information
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If you need information about a particular program, you should first try <userinput>man <replaceable>program</replaceable></userinput>, or <userinput>info <replaceable>program</replaceable></userinput>.
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There is lots of useful documentation in <filename>/usr/share/doc</filename> as well. In particular, <filename>/usr/share/doc/HOWTO</filename> and <filename>/usr/share/doc/FAQ</filename> contain lots of interesting information. To submit bugs, look at <filename>/usr/share/doc/debian/bug*</filename>. To read about Debian-specific issues for particular programs, look at <filename>/usr/share/doc/(package name)/README.Debian</filename>.
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The <ulink url="http://www.debian.org/">Debian web site</ulink> contains a large quantity of documentation about Debian. In particular, see the <ulink url="http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/">Debian GNU/Linux FAQ</ulink> and the <ulink url="http://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals#quick-reference">Debian Reference</ulink>. An index of more Debian documentation is available from the <ulink url="http://www.debian.org/doc/ddp">Debian Documentation Project</ulink>. The Debian community is self-supporting; to subscribe to one or more of the Debian mailing lists, see the <ulink url="http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/subscribe"> Mail List Subscription</ulink> page. Last, but not least, the <ulink url="http://lists.debian.org/">Debian Mailing List Archives</ulink> contain a wealth of information on Debian.
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A general source of information on GNU/Linux is the <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/">Linux Documentation Project</ulink>. There you will find the HOWTOs and pointers to other very valuable information on parts of a GNU/Linux system.
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Setting Up Your System To Use E-Mail
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Today, email is an important part of many people's life. As there are many options as to how to set it up, and as having it set up correctly is important for some Debian utilities, we will try to cover the basics in this section.
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