Fwd: Re: Postfix, Mutt And No Root Mail?

[Ed Miller]

On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 13:45 -0700, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:



> > > > > > Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I have this in /etc/aliases:
> > > > > > > root at ubuntu:/var/mail# cat /etc/aliases
> > > > > > > # Added by installer for initial user
> > > > > > > root:   lchata
> > > > > > > clamav: root
> > > > > > > webmaster: root
> > > > > > > logcheck: root
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > That looks right to me.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > >> I imagine that's exactly what postalias
> > does.
> ><snip>
In the line above where it says root: lchata, roots email has  
been assigned to you (or who ever lchata is) so when you type in mail
from a cli or open mutt you are seeing not only your(lchata's) mail but
roots mail as well.

> Ed, thanks for the comeback. Exactly? What I wish is
> to receive root mail via mutt as I once did under
> Debian all versions and maybe under Dapper(not sure).
> By root mail I mean all the system messages sent to
> root such as notices of improper user actions(things
> that only root can do but users attempt to do),
> security violations, outside attacks, port probing,
> things of this nature or whatever the system would
> report to the adnim.  There may be other programs
> needed to do all this; I just don't remember.  When I
> received 'root mail' it only showed up in mutt and on
> a single-user machine with no lan.  No other smtp mail
> showed in mutt, only root mail.  Sorry I can't be more
> specific as when I had root mail I never had to set up
> anything except answer the mail questions during the
> Debian distro install process(postfix or whatever).
> I'll keep you above instructions and try it asap. 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> Leonard Chatagnier
> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> 
You are welcome, mutt may have been included for installation in those
distributions of Debian but I believe that you are now given more
options to which mail handler you would like to use. I hope this helped.

Ed