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

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- Ed Miller <miller07 at suddenlink.net> wrote:

> 
> 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.
> 
Well Ed, I sent root at ubuntu an email via mutt. It went
just like every other time I used mutt to send mail,
no errors, but mutt didn't show it in the listing even
after closing and reopening mutt.  I don't claim to
know much about mutt usage and may have done it wrong.
BTW, sudo mail shows no mail for root and $mail shows
no mail for user but I have user mail in mutt from
fetachyahoo and I'm just as confused as ever.

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net