The default config file for yum-updatesd does not send out any email messages at all, due to 2 missing variables in the config file. Here is a working version for you to tweak for your system. This is an issue that really needs to be fixed - ie the email_to & email_from properties need to be added to the default config file. Then users will be able to see what values they need to set for their system, to receive the email notifications for available upgrades. [main] # how often to check for new updates (in seconds) run_interval = 3600 # how often to allow checking on request (in seconds) updaterefresh = 600 # ------------------------------------------------------ # how to send notifications (valid: dbus, email, syslog) emit_via = email # who to send the email notifications to email_to = keith # who sent the notifications email_from = root # ------------------------------------------------------ # automatically install updates do_update = no # automatically download updates do_download = no # automatically download deps of updates do_download_deps = no # ------------------------------------------------------ # eof Even with this working config file, yum-updatesd only seems to run occasionally. I'm aware of the bug reports in general about yum-updatesd. I'm considering stopping and restarting yum-updatesd with a root cron job, to see if that will force yum-updatesd to check for updates.
The default is to send to root@localhost from root@localhost. The options for sending elsewhere are all documented in the man page.