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Cake day: October 17th, 2025

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  • I have a router with a few cronjobs like this:

    # m h dom mon dow command  
    00 20 12 * * echo "check bank transactions (monthly reminder)"  
    00 19 15-21 * * test $(date +\%u) -eq 6 && echo "Anki learning reminder"  
    

    Cron will by default send an email with the script output. So you “just” need a non-broken email setup that forwards system emails to your main account. (Assuming you don’t self-host email too.)

    This setup is useful because I have a few other cronjobs (backup scripts, and a health check for my own application) that should notify me in case of failure, and I would eventually notice that this is broken by noticing that those “calendar” emails no longer get through.