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Date:      Sun, 22 May 2005 22:26:52 -0700
From:      Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net>
To:        ananth.g@gmail.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: syslog messages
Message-ID:  <6.1.0.6.2.20050522222459.05956bc0@cobalt.antimatter.net>
In-Reply-To: <42916690.1030205@gmail.com>
References:  <42916690.1030205@gmail.com>

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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 to
>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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