Re: Postfix, Mutt And No Root Mail?


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Leonard Chatagnier wrote:

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.

As root, do: echo "myname@xxxxxxxxxxxx" >
$HOME/.forward

This is different from the first command you suggested
and just as confusing to me. I did look at sudo -h
and man sudo with no help and ran the first command
but found that "process" is not a command. I suspect
you mean, in terms I understand, "sudo nano
/root/.forward" to create the file and then add to the
file the address I want it forwarded to. Am I right
or not? I just want local root mail delivery and
don't want Postfix to route my web mail account. So,
all I need for local routing of root mail using Muttt
is my username? Am I right on this. Sorry, I just
don't do geek speak well and have only used Ubuntu for
a few months.
I understand "echo "*" > $HOME/.forward and myname but
don't understand "@myaliase.com". I would normally
think of using "username@ubuntu", which shows on the
konsole prompt, for mail routing. I would most
welcome clarification on all this if you please.

And/or...

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


I have been lead to believe that all I need for local
delivery is "root: username" in /etc/aliases. Can
you clarify?

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?

Yep, it's a two-part thing, in /etc/aliases. The
first part is the
user to whom the mail is addressed,(with a colon)
and the email address
seperated by spaces/tabs/etc.

Like: "username username@xxxxxxxxxxxxx". Is this
what you are saying for a regular email account. But
what for local delivery of root mail only?

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.

Yeah this should do it. If not, I'm still here.

Thanks for any feedback on this.
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Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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