Re: Postfix, Mutt And No Root Mail?
- From: Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:13:06 -0700 (PDT)
That's exactly what I have(except username is
Edit /etc/aliases to add: root:
myname@xxxxxxxxxx
I have in /etc/aliases "root: <username>" but noemail
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?
[...]
The aliases file can redirect mail to either a local
system account,
or any legit remote account, like ...
root: leonard
something else) but no root mail. And I don't want
Postfix envolved in routing my web mail.
for a local account, or like ...Did all this and still no root mail. However, errors
root: lenc5570@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
for a non-local account. Either works fine just
depending on where you
want it to go. It just catches any mail destined for
the local 'root'
account and redirects.
After changing that, you need to run ...
sudo postmap /etc/aliases (assuming that is the
right file and
matches main.cf)
and
sudo postfix reload
were outputted from sudo postmap /etc/aliases:
lchata@ubuntu:/var/mail/lchata$ sudo postmap
/etc/aliases
Password:
postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 2: record is in
"key: value" format; is this an alias file?
postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 3: record is in
"key: value" format; is this an alias file?
postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 4: record is in
"key: value" format; is this an alias file?
lchata@ubuntu:/var/mail/lchata$ sudo postfix reload
And my /etc/aliases file is:
lchata@ubuntu:/var/mail/lchata$ cat /etc/aliases
# Added by installer for initial user
root: xxxxxx (my login user name is shown)
clamav: root
webmaster: root
lchata@ubuntu:/var/mail/xxxxx$
You can see Feisty did this not me.
And my /etc/postfix/main.cf file is:
lchata@ubuntu:/etc/postfix$ cat main.cf
# See /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist for a commented,
more complete version
# Debian specific: Specifying a file name will cause
the first
# line of that file to be used as the name. The
Debian default
# is /etc/mailname.
#myorigin = /etc/mailname
smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu)
biff = no
# appending .domain is the MUA's job.
append_dot_mydomain = no
# Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail"
warnings
#delay_warning_time = 4h
# TLS parameters
smtpd_tls_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
smtpd_tls_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
smtpd_use_tls=yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database =
btree:${queue_directory}/smtpd_scache
smtp_tls_session_cache_database =
btree:${queue_directory}/smtp_scache
# See /usr/share/doc/postfix/TLS_README.gz in the
postfix-doc package for
# information on enabling SSL in the smtp client.
myhostname = kubuntu-desktop
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
mydestination = ubuntu, localhost.localdomain, ,
localhost
relayhost =
mailbox_size_limit = 0
recipient_delimiter =
inet_interfaces = all
inet_protocols = ipv4
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8
lchata@ubuntu:/etc/postfix$
BTW, I did review this file and the detailed commented
file /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist before posting
but it didn't help me.
Which is all I really want. No complications. Thanks
You could have also used the virtual user table to
do essentially the
same thing, but this method is easier IMO for simple
local mail
accounts.
for your reply, I understand a little more now and
don't see any errors. Perhaps the additional file
info will show something to someone knowledgable in
mail setup.
--
Hal
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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