Chron Timeout Issue?

[CPMiller]

Per the destructions in Setup || Automation Settings, I created a chron job using the first option--the straight PHP one. My job was set such that it would send an email each time it ran. I received nothing. So, I reset the timer to every five minutes and still received nothing. Meanwhile the other chron job to fetch pop email for the TT system was generating emails every 5 minutes like clockwork. Presumably, then, for whatever reason, this chron job isn't working or running.

 

So then I tried option two, which was the GET option. I plugged that in and, lo and behold, it ran. However, it generates an error: "500 read timeout"

 

So...anyone have any ideas of why the job would be timing out on a read error? Or why the other, alternative chron job doesn't seem to run period?

 

Thanks

 

Charles