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

[Leonard Chatagnier]

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

> 
> On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 13:45 -0700, Leonard
> Chatagnier 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.
> > ><snip>
> In the line above where it says root: lchata, roots
> email has  
> been assigned to you (or who ever lchata is) so when
> you type in mail
> from a cli or open mutt you are seeing not only
> your(lchata's) mail but
> roots mail as well.
> 
I hear you and agree but I don't get/see any root mail
if there is any.  Just now typed in 'mail" and it said
I have no mail.  Also typed mail root and this time it
presented me with CLI compose
mail(cc:->subtect:->blank line) instead of message
that root has no mail.  Couldn't figure out how to
send it so cntrl c'ed it.
Opened mutt again and it only had my yahoo web mail
via fetchyahoo.

> > Ed, thanks for the comeback. Exactly? What I wish
> is
> > to receive root mail via mutt as I once did under
> > Debian all versions and maybe under Dapper(not
> sure).
> > By root mail I mean all the system messages sent
> to
> > root such as notices of improper user
> actions(things
> > that only root can do but users attempt to do),
> > security violations, outside attacks, port
> probing,
> > things of this nature or whatever the system would
> > report to the adnim.  There may be other programs
> > needed to do all this; I just don't remember. 
> When I
> > received 'root mail' it only showed up in mutt and
> on
> > a single-user machine with no lan.  No other smtp
> mail
> > showed in mutt, only root mail.  Sorry I can't be
> more
> > specific as when I had root mail I never had to
> set up
> > anything except answer the mail questions during
> the
> > Debian distro install process(postfix or
> whatever).
> > I'll keep you above instructions and try it asap. 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > 
> > Leonard Chatagnier
> > lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> > 
> You are welcome, mutt may have been included for
> installation in those
> distributions of Debian but I believe that you are
> now given more
> options to which mail handler you would like to use.
> I hope this helped.
>
Thanks again. This thread is getting lots of activity
so I'm sure we will get it done eventually. 

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net