Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:09:48 +0100 From: "Barry Byrne" <barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com> To: <tonylabarbara@aol.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: How To Change Email Addr? Message-ID: <00a401c81190$8b525250$88010c0a@dublin.wbtsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <471766D7.7080909@ibctech.ca> References: <8C9DFA34D82171D-C6C-72A7@webmail-me13.sysops.aol.com> <471766D7.7080909@ibctech.ca>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of > Steve Bertrand > Sent: 18 October 2007 15:00 > To: tonylabarbara@aol.com > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: How To Change Email Addr? > > tonylabarbara@aol.com wrote: > > Hi; > > I need to update the email address to which emails from the > server are sent (root@server.name, cron stuff, etc.). I > created a file: > > /root/.foreward > > and added the new address, but that didn't do it? How? > > If you are running sendmail, check for the root: line in: > > # /etc/mail/aliases > > Change the second parameter to what email address you want root's mail > to go to, and then run: > > # newaliases > > Steve The .forward file should also work - but check your spelling - it's not .foreward - barry
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