Description of Problem:
In a fit of a desperation after various attempts to find out why cron
does not run my jobs I ended up with the following script in
/usr/local/sbin/try_this

#! /bin/sh

data=$(
echo ======
/bin/date
echo ======
)

echo "Subject: try this
$data" | /usr/sbin/sendmail root

It does not matter if I installed that with 'crontab -e' or by directly
editing /etc/crontab to execute every minute no mail was forthcoming.
/var/log/cron has all entries of 
"CROND[30595]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/sbin/try_this)" sort every minute
but nothing happens.

After reinstalling vixie-cron from the previous beta (ostensibly the same
version) cron started to work once again and I have lots of mail.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
vixie-cron-3.0.1-63