# Necessary of Cron Job

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/necessary-of-cron-job/10037>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [December 3, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/necessary-of-cron-job/10037 "2017-12-03T19:14:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![GallantMarketing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/87869e/32.png) [@GallantMarketing](https://forum.mautic.org/u/GallantMarketing)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/necessary-of-cron-job/10037/1 "2017-12-03T19:14:12Z")

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Is it necessary to set up cron job for Mautic? What if I don’t set up Cron Job?

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**Author:** ![GallantMarketing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/87869e/32.png) [@GallantMarketing](https://forum.mautic.org/u/GallantMarketing)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/necessary-of-cron-job/10037/2 "2017-12-03T19:14:12Z")

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Is it necessary to set up cron job for Mautic? What if I don’t set up Cron Job?

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**Author:** ![bizcrony](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/bizcrony/32/409_2.png) [@bizcrony](https://forum.mautic.org/u/bizcrony)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/necessary-of-cron-job/10037/3 "2017-12-04T03:37:44Z")

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@GallantMarketing Cron jobs are must to set up, that helps to send email , campaigns, update mautic, update segment and contact list, forms, template etc  
Where you installed mautic?  
Do you want to set up Cron jobs