pop3/imap server - possibly stupid question

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am So, den 15.08.2004 schrieb Samuel Sieb um 9:20:

> Not entirely misleading.  Yes, you can send mail to root, but root may 
> not get it. :-)  I've only been using postfix, not sendmail, so that is 
> why my answer may have appeared misleading.  Here is a quote from the 
> postfix aliases file:
> 
> # For various security reasons, postfix WILL NOT deliver mail as root, so
> # ensure that the root alias is aliased to a HUMAN user, as otherwise
> # mail may get delivered to the $default_privs user (nobody).

Ok Samuel, this default setup of Postfix is new to me. Thanks for
pointing this out. I will have to read the Postfix documentation to
understand the "various security reasons". I just wonder why the write
"deliver mail _as_ root" and not "deliver mail _to_ root". I will read
about that as I am much more familiar with Sendmail.

Alexander


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