# Cron Job Issue?
**URL:** https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-issue/29553
**Category:** Mautic 4 Install/Upgrade Support
**Tags:** email, community, development, discussion
**Created:** [October 5, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-issue/29553 "2023-10-05T14:55:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@team](https://forum.mautic.org/u/team)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-issue/29553/1 "2023-10-05T14:55:43Z")
**EasyApache 4**
**My Mautic version is: 45\_mautic-449**
**My PHP 80, PHP 8.0.29-1.1.3.cpanel**
**extention: php80-php-fileinfo**
**cPanel & WHM on AlmaLinux**
**OS: AlmaLinux v8.8.0 STANDARD kvm**
**cPanel Version 112.0.5**
Hi everyone,
Yesterday, we launched a 4K email campaign, and the Mautic Cron Jobs did not disburse the email messages in intervals of 13 emails within a 5-minute Cron Job interval.
See the screenshot image of the exponential delivery:
Here are the Cron Job configurations:
> 5min
> /usr/local/bin/php /home/mautic/public\_html/mautic.devced.com/bin/console mautic:segments:update
>
> /usr/local/bin/php /home/mautic/public\_html/mautic.devced.com/bin/console mautic:campaigns:update
>
> /usr/local/bin/php /home/mautic/public\_html/mautic.devced.com/bin/console mautic:campaigns:trigger
>
> 5min
> /usr/local/bin/php /home/mautic/public\_html/mautic.devced.com/bin/console mautic:emails:send
>
> twice a month
> /usr/local/bin/php /home/mautic/public\_html/mautic.devced.com/bin/console mautic:iplookup:download
Can you recommend either a new Mautic Cron Job or Mautic configuration designed to gradually release email messages over time?
Thanks,
Hal
devCED Team
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### Author:  [@techbill](https://forum.mautic.org/u/techbill)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-issue/29553/2 "2023-10-05T18:01:27Z")
Here are mine.
I place it all in one batch file then run the batch file every minute but I limit each process to about 150 emails per batch so one cronjob would be finish before it execute the next 150 emails.
There a dicussion about batch file cronjon in this forum. Try do a search under poster name “joeyk” and subject “batch”.
```auto
/usr/local/bin/php /home/agwmadmin/mas.agwm.org/bin/console mautic:broadcasts:send --limit=150
/usr/local/bin/php /home/agwmadmin/mas.agwm.org/bin/console mautic:emails:send --message-limit=150
/usr/local/bin/php /home/agwmadmin/mas.agwm.org/bin/console mautic:campaigns:rebuild --batch-limit=300
/usr/local/bin/php /home/agwmadmin/mas.agwm.org/bin/console mautic:segment:update --batch-limit=900
/usr/local/bin/php /home/agwmadmin/mas.agwm.org/bin/console mautic:campaigns:trigger
/usr/local/bin/php /home/agwmadmin/mas.agwm.org/bin/console mautic:import --limit=500
/usr/local/bin/php /home/agwmadmin/mas.agwm.org/bin/console mautic:reports:scheduler
```
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### Author:  [@team](https://forum.mautic.org/u/team)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-issue/29553/3 "2023-10-05T21:40:05Z")
Why did you not include, mautic:campaigns:update,
/usr/local/bin/php /home/mautic/public\_html/mautic.devced.com/bin/console mautic:campaigns:update
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### Author:  [@Leon\_Oltmanns](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Leon_Oltmanns)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2023, 7:17am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-issue/29553/4 "2023-10-06T07:17:34Z")
Hi @team,
bill did not include “mautic:campaigns:update” because he uses “mautic:campaigns:rebuild” instead. They do the exact same thing, but have different names due to legacy reasons.
Greets
Leon
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### Author:  [@team](https://forum.mautic.org/u/team)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2023, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-issue/29553/5 "2023-10-06T10:28:39Z")
Hi, Leon & Bill,
For testing purposes, is there a minimum number of sent (e.g., \< 2, 3, 4) email messages required to trigger a batch delivery?
> /usr/local/bin/php /home/mautic/public\_html/mautic.devced.com/bin/console mautic:broadcasts:send --limit=150 \>/dev/null 2\>&1
> /usr/local/bin/php /home/mautic/public\_html/mautic.devced.com/bin/console mautic:emails:send --message-limit=150 \>/dev/null 2\>&1
> /usr/local/bin/php /home/mautic/public\_html/mautic.devced.com/bin/console mautic:campaigns:rebuild --batch-limit=300 \>/dev/null 2\>&1
> /usr/local/bin/php /home/mautic/public\_html/mautic.devced.com/bin/console mautic:segment:update --batch-limit=900 \>/dev/null 2\>&1
> /usr/local/bin/php /home/mautic/public\_html/mautic.devced.com/bin/console mautic:campaigns:trigger \>/dev/null 2\>&1
> /usr/local/bin/php /home/mautic/public\_html/mautic.devced.com/bin/console mautic:import --limit=500 \>/dev/null 2\>&1
> /usr/local/bin/php /home/mautic/public\_html/mautic.devced.com/bin/console mautic:reports:scheduler \>/dev/null 2\>&1
Regards,
Hal
DevCEDTeam
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### Author:  [@Leon\_Oltmanns](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Leon_Oltmanns)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2023, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-issue/29553/6 "2023-10-06T12:32:02Z")
Hi @team,
no, there is no minimum requirement of emails.
Greetz
Leon
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### Author:  [@techbill](https://forum.mautic.org/u/techbill)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-issue/29553/7 "2023-10-06T13:31:37Z")
Check this video by @joeyk out.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui-zGW7mYhE&t=15s)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.mautic.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2023, 1:32am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-issue/29553/8 "2023-10-08T01:32:02Z")
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