Postfix, Mutt And No Root Mail?

[Leonard Chatagnier]

> Brian Fahrlander wrote:
> 
> > Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> >> Hi Everyone,
> >> I no longer get root mail 
> ...
> >     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.
> > 
> >     And/or...
> > 
> >     Edit /etc/aliases to add:  root:  
> myname at mymail.com
> > 
> >     I've seen the arguments for using both,
> actually; it's not a bad
> >     idea...
> 
> OK, I haven't, so I'll ask :-)  What are the
> arguments?
> 
> It would seem to me that simply editing /etc/aliases
> is much
> easier.  .forward files are something that I would
> think should only exist
> for "real" users who want to set forwarding for
> themselves.  Just
> because "root" is getting its mail forwarded isn't
> helping all the other
> processes that are sending mail to "webmaster" &
> "postmaster" and who knows
> what else, so they still need to be handled in
> /etc/aliases.
> 
> That said, I'm not sure all MTAs read /etc/aliases -
> but equally unsure you
> can rely on .forward.
> -- 
> derek
> 
I think this response was meant for those replying to
my original post.  In any case, I did say I knew
little if anything about linux mail protocal and on a
recent response that I haven't ever use the sudo -i
process command before. I have had root mail work on
several Debian based distros before, using the default
install setup  including Dapper but Feisty is
different and something has changed that I'm not aware
of.  I have a single user lan, use either web mail,
mozilla mail or thunderbird and evolution(which I
don't care for) and don't even care to setup a complex
multiuser mail transport system that I've read about
on the list. It's now for me, FWIW.  Just help me get
to the point where I can use Mutt to read my root mail
and I'll be happy.  Thanks for the reply,
> 
> 

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net