Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 18:19:40 -0500 From: Eric F Crist <ecrist@ardent-hacker.net> To: "Rick Moore" <rick@geckobot.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Root mail forwarding under FreeBSD Message-ID: <00090718201201.81857@armageddon.ardent-hacker.net> In-Reply-To: <003701c018f3$804578d0$04fea8c0@patches> References: <003701c018f3$804578d0$04fea8c0@patches>
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You should be adding the information to your aliases file. When you're done, you type newaliases at the command prompt. Eric On Thu, 07 Sep 2000, you wrote: > Hi- > > I'm sorry-- I know this is a lame question and I'm sure tons of people do > this but I can't seem to find it documented anywhere. When it comes to > email administration, I'm a newbie. > > I have a network of FreeBSD systems and I don't want to run around to each > one and check root mail. Instead, I'd like the mail handler to > automatically forward it all to this email account. I've tried adding > > root rick@geckobot.com > > and > > root@whatevermachine rick@geckobot.com > > followed by "make" to rebuild the database and HUP to sendmail, but mail to > root still doesn't seem to get forwarded. > > Is there an easy way to do this? > > Thanks in advance. > Rick > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Eric F Crist System Administrator Ardent-Hacker.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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