In the /etc/fstab file, the fifth field is used by the dump utility to determine if that file system should be backed up. If zero then dump will ignore that filesystem.
The sixth field is used by fsck (the filesystem check utility) to determine the order in which filesystems should be checked...
Actually, another option would be to include the following line in your crontab:
MAILTO=""
This modifies the cron environment such that it doesn't send any mail regarding *ANY* cron jobs for that user. (So this wouldn't be the option you're looking for if you want any feedback if...
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