From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 5 17:51:48 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 233BC16A420 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 17:51:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3448543D45 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 17:51:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k25HpaGQ078424; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 17:51:36 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Message-ID: <440B2521.50407@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 17:51:29 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060113) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?K=F6vesd=E1n_G=E1bor?= References: <440B1680.9070506@yahoo.com> <440B182D.6000208@t-hosting.hu> In-Reply-To: <440B182D.6000208@t-hosting.hu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-ripemd160; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig090E2F3CC51A4B2841E627D4" X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Sun, 05 Mar 2006 17:51:36 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88/1315/Sun Mar 5 10:31:57 2006 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: Steel City Phantom , freebsd general questions Subject: Re: setting the root email address X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 17:51:48 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig090E2F3CC51A4B2841E627D4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable K=F6vesd=E1n G=E1bor wrote: > Steel City Phantom wrote: >=20 >> one of my servers was set up by some guys in china. i have gotten >> everything figured out save one, somehow they got cron job results to >> email to my business account. i can't for the life of me figure out >> how they did that. where in bsd do i set another email address for ro= ot? >=20 > See /etc/aliases, you must find something like this: >=20 > root: yourmail >=20 > If you want to change that, you should run newaliases after modifying t= hat. And if it's not set in /etc/mail/aliases, try checking for a /root/.forwa= rd file. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig090E2F3CC51A4B2841E627D4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFECyUo8Mjk52CukIwRA1uzAJ0W8NQM0mt5g4qJF/MThtmLhUigzACfeckP FngohbpfQY0NmzgGOivYoWg= =7AzQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig090E2F3CC51A4B2841E627D4--