From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 1 5:31:22 2002 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 00CC037B401 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 05:31:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.thundernet.cz (mail.thundernet.cz [62.77.87.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 759C543E3B for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 05:31:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: (qmail 11231 invoked from network); 1 Oct 2002 12:31:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO freepuppy.bellavista.cz) (62.168.44.50) by mail.thundernet.cz with SMTP; 1 Oct 2002 12:31:17 -0000 Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 78E562FDAB2; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 14:30:55 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 14:30:55 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser To: James Green Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Changing email for periodic BSD reports Message-ID: <20021001123055.GJ30361@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: James Green , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <3D999357.5090708@stealthnet.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3D999357.5090708@stealthnet.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG # james@stealthnet.co.uk / 2002-10-01 13:21:43 +0100: > Hi all, > > My local dev box is configured to send all mail to our main office mail > server. A consequence of this is that daily, weekly, and monthly > automated bsd reports, sent to root@, are being received by our mail > server and forwarded to root@ourdomain, which goes to my bosses. > > So, how can I change the email address of these reports? Many thanks. there are at least three answers: a) set your MTA to deliver root's mail locally -> solution is MTA dependant b) redirect root's mail to another account, such as yours -> aliases(5) c) make periodic(8) send the output to another account -> /etc/defaults/periodic.conf /etc/periodic.conf -- begin 666 nonexistent.vbs FreeBSD 4.7-RC 2:26PM up 13 days, 21:41, 17 users, load averages: 0.06, 0.01, 0.00 end To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message