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Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 11:18:19 -0700
From: Benjamin Keating <motionsiren@gmail.com>
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Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net>
Subject: Re: syslog messages
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I usually do (as root):

$ echo <email-addy> > ~/.forward

this way sendmail and it's conf remain the same. less modification and
changes can be easily found.

On 5/22/05, ananth_g@sifycorp.com <ananth.g@gmail.com> wrote:
> thanks glenn,
> it worked
>=20
> regrds,
> ananth.g
>=20
> Glenn Dawson wrote:
>=20
> > At 10:13 PM 5/22/2005, you wrote:
> >
> >> hi,
> >> when i get an error or warning in my system, a mail is sent to the
> >> root user.
> >> does anyone know how to change the settings so that the mail is sent t=
o
> >> my mail id instead of localhost id ?
> >
> >
> > Just change where the root alias in /etc/mail/aliases points to.
> >
> > for example:
> >
> > root:   user@domain.com
> >
> > don't forget to run newaliases after you make the change.
> >
> > (this all assumes you're using sendmail)
> >
> > -Glenn
> >
> >> thanks guys.
> >> regrds,
> >> ananth.g
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