From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 20 6:38:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta07-svc.ntlworld.com (mta07-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1103C37B416 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 06:38:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from lungfish.ntlworld.com ([62.253.146.163]) by mta07-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020120143826.VWJO6966.mta07-svc.ntlworld.com@lungfish.ntlworld.com>; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 14:38:26 +0000 Received: from tuatara.goatsucker.org (tuatara.goatsucker.org [192.168.1.6]) by lungfish.ntlworld.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g0KEcPn13859; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 14:38:25 GMT (envelope-from scott@tuatara.goatsucker.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by tuatara.goatsucker.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0KEbcg03324; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 14:37:38 GMT (envelope-from scott) Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 14:37:38 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell To: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" Cc: Joe & Fhe Barbish , FBSD Questions Subject: Re: you have mail msg at root login Message-ID: <20020120143738.A306@localhost> References: <3C4AD1AB.3030204@rambo.simx.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3C4AD1AB.3030204@rambo.simx.org>; from listsub@rambo.simx.org on Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 03:18:19PM +0100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.5-RC i386 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 On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 03:18:19PM +0100, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote: > The local maildelivery still works, that is, daily reporting > and daemons will still mail the root account. > Type 'mail' or 'man mail' for more info. Also, edit /etc/aliases to divert root's email to your normal user account. For example, I have the line: root: scott in mine. That way I get all the regular system emails without needing to become root, and I can read them with my normal mail reading setup. I also have procmail set up to file all such mails in a separate mailbox automatically. Don't forget to run /usr/bin/newaliases after editing the aliases file, to rebuild the alias database. HTH, Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message