Re: Postfix, Mutt And No Root Mail?


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Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I no longer get root mail since upgrading to
Feisty
using Postfix default installation and installing
Mutt(not auto installed).
Have tried dpkg-reconfigure Postfix a couple of
times
using "local" and "network"(I think, the last
choise
anyway) with no joy. Running Mutt as user
assigned to
receive root mail says "/var/mail/<user> is not a
mailbox." In the past with several versions of
Debian
and Ubuntu versions, the default setups have
always
given me "root Mail" but not now and I don't know
much
about Linux mail systems. I use Yahoo web mail for
all
personal email so I don't think I really need
Postfix
but would still like to get root mail. Any
suggestions on how to fix is appreciated?

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

As root (go through the sudo -i process) create
a file called
/root/.forward containing the address to which you
want root's mail sent.

Ok, thanks for the reply but don't understand above.
I could do: sudo -i process(literal) and enter a name
"/root/.forward" and hit enter; is that right? Then
how do I enter the address to send root mail to?
username@what,where? Ubuntu is the machine name. Is
that what goes afer the "@"? Sorry to be so dumb but
never used the process command before.

And/or...

Edit /etc/aliases to add: root:
myname@xxxxxxxxxx

I have in /etc/aliases "root: <username>" but no email
address. I know myname is bound to be my username
because that's who root mail goes to. What about
"mymail.com"? Is that to be literal or just what?
I did say I know very little about linux internal mail
protocol and have always just answered to "install" or
"-reconfigure" questions in the past and it just
worked for root mail. The questions asked in Feisty
are somewhat different now? Some clarification is
welcomed.
Thanks for your reply.
I've seen the arguments for using both,
actually; it's not a bad idea...
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Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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