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From: Oliver Peter <hoschi@mouhaha.de>
To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
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On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 05:38:15PM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote:
> On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 11:26:03PM +0200, Oliver Peter wrote:
>=20
> > On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 12:26:36PM -0400, Ian Lord wrote:
> > >  ...
> > >=20
> > > Where can I change the address root@localhost.mydomain.com to
> > > machinename@mydomain.com ?
>=20
> Look in the file /etc/mail/aliases
>=20
> You can alias root to go to your favorite address.
> Don't forget to run   newaliases(1)   after editing the file.
>=20
> Of course, doing this will mean that all mail to root will
> go to you.  =20

Hhm. I thought the problem was that you would like to change the From:
of those e-mails not the To: ?

--=20
Oliver PETER, email: hoschi@mouhaha.de, ICQ# 113969174
"Worker bees can leave. Even drones can fly away. The Queen is their slave."

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