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Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 17:41:15 -0400
From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: How can I change to whom the system sends admin/rootmails?
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Joachim Dagerot wrote:
> Root is recieving alot of mail on my server. Instead I would like
> these mails to be sent to an external address on another server. Is
> that possible and what button shall I press? :)

One answer would be to edit /etc/mail/aliases.  Another would be to type:

cat > /root/.forward
another@server.com

...and press the control-D button.  :-)

-- 
-Chuck