Fwd: Re: Postfix, Mutt And No Root Mail?

Ed Miller miller07 at suddenlink.net
Mon Oct 29 00:11:38 UTC 2007


On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 14:34 -0700, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> --- Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> 
> > Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> > 
> > > I have this in /etc/aliases:
> > > root at ubuntu:/var/mail# cat /etc/aliases
> > > # Added by installer for initial user
> > > root:   lchata
> > > clamav: root
> > > webmaster: root
> > > logcheck: root
> > 
> > That looks right to me.
> > 
> > >> I imagine that's exactly what postalias does.
> > > 
> > > Don't know how to use postaliases.
> > 
> > Well, /etc/aliases is used by postfix, and I believe
> > (but I don't use
> > postfix) the postalias command is just a way to edit
> > /etc/aliases
> > -- 
> > derek
> > 
> Ok, So where is root mail?  What elso must I do to see
> it in mutt, the way it used to appear automatically
> under Debian(please don't say go back to Debian)? 
> There has been a gap between posting and reply on this
> thread.  Did I miss something?
> 
> Leonard Chatagnier
> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> 
Leonard,
I had the same question when i first started mutt. You, yourself at
whatever user name you are using might be receiving roots mail in your
box. I believe you are automatically put in the sudoers file. I was.
Check it out by sending root an email and open mutt to see if it is
there.

Ed  





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