cron job not starting Debian

On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 09:46:47AM -0700, Jim wrote:
/_I have a cronjob that never seems to start at the given time what is the
/_best way to determine if it actually starts and if not why?
/_

I always issue the command 'crontab -e', enter my jobs and info
and I am off and running. Do the same as root if needed. Set under my username,
all of the output gets email to me. You may also want to ensure the
MAILTO=xxxxx variable is set in your crontab.

v/r
-mike