make mail go somewhere by default [was Re: please deactivate services by default!]

[Jarod Wilson]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> Matthew Miller wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 04:39:26PM -0700, Jesse Keating wrote:
>>> Which is why we shouldn't be using local delivery for this stuff.
>>> Instead we should ask in firstboot where you'd want the mail delivered
>>> to.
>>
>> Ooh! And do it this way!
>>
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=143437
> 
> That's a good technique, but wouldn't it follow the system style more 
> closely to put install/firstboot setting snippets somewhere under 
> /etc/sysconfig with the stock alias file including from there?

Hm... I wrote a firstboot patch ages ago (almost 3 years ago?) that let you 
say "send root mail to this user" when you added a user in firstboot... Its 
even in bz somewhere, iirc...


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Jarod Wilson
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