Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 17:52:15 +0200 From: "Patrick O'Reilly" <patrick@mip.co.za> To: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net>, "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: How to Forward All Root Mail Using Sendmail? Message-ID: <NDBBIMKICMDGDMNOOCAIIEMMDJAA.patrick@mip.co.za> In-Reply-To: <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F023925A0FC@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>
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Late response here, but a reason why I prefer using aliases over .forward files is that the MTA is supposed to check aliases for the potential of a mail 'tight loop'. This is where 'a' forwards to 'b', and 'b' forwards to 'a'. With .forward files any poor email sent to either 'a' or 'b' would sit and spin forever in cyberspace!!! But the alias expansion should recognise the problem. I _think_ it will be delivered to the last destination before recursion occurs. Patrick. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Drew Tomlinson Sent: 02 October 2001 18:37 To: FreeBSD Questions (E-mail) Subject: How to Forward All Root Mail Using Sendmail? I want to have all mail for root on one FBSD box be forwarded to another address. I have tried creating a .forward file in / containing the email address to forward to but this isn't working. What else do I need to do? I'm not finding anything relating to this at sendmail.org. Thanks, Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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