Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 00:04:02 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com> To: James Long <list@ns.museum.rain.com> Cc: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@rambo.simx.org>, Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com>, FBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: you have mail msg at root login Message-ID: <20020121000402.B294@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20020120154826.A31358@ns.museum.rain.com>; from list@ns.museum.rain.com on Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 03:48:26PM -0800 References: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOKECMCNAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> <3C4AD1AB.3030204@rambo.simx.org> <20020120143738.A306@localhost> <20020120154826.A31358@ns.museum.rain.com>
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On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 03:48:26PM -0800, James Long wrote: > > Also, edit /etc/aliases to divert root's email to your normal user > > account. > > Are there technical reasons to do it this way rather than say, > using the ~root/.forward file? None that I can think of... I prefer the aliases file method, because it keeps that bit of configuration in /etc with everything else, rather than in a separate file in another directory. No reason not to do it the other way if you prefer that, though. Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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