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I always set up copies of lists for cron usage, as I inevitably need to apply different pre-filters.
The other thing to bear in mind is ACLs. Because you have no idea who is going to be logged on when a cron job triggers, you have to be careful with ACLs. If your list is (say) visible only to Registered users, but a guest access happens to trigger the cron run, it won't be able to load any rows. So having a copy of the list which has no menu items or other front end visibility, with the row access ACL's relaxed. "Security through obscurity". Not ideal, but better than nothing.
-- hugh
The other thing to bear in mind is ACLs. Because you have no idea who is going to be logged on when a cron job triggers, you have to be careful with ACLs. If your list is (say) visible only to Registered users, but a guest access happens to trigger the cron run, it won't be able to load any rows. So having a copy of the list which has no menu items or other front end visibility, with the row access ACL's relaxed. "Security through obscurity". Not ideal, but better than nothing.
-- hugh