Linux ubuntu how to stop cron status mails like “Cron /usr/bin/php /var/www/myproject”

Since couple of days i’m getting unwanted cron status emails from my server. Tried MAILTO=”” but still receiving mails. Please help me to get rid of this emails.

Thanks in advance.

Answer

cron will email you anything that appears on stdout, so redirect stdout to /dev/null in your crontab entries. eg:

5 21 * * 1-5  { echo stuff to do; } >&/dev/null