Receiving Mail to ROOT User

[Gordon Keehn]

Alexander Dalloz wrote:

>You will need to forward root's mail to a normal user account by using
>the aliases file. /etc/aliases already contains a line, which is
>actually commented. Modify it to let root's mail go to your username.
>Then run "newaliases" command to make changes active - given that you
>use Sendmail.
>
>Then you'll have to run an IMAP/POP3 server to access your mail through
>a GUI client. Install dovecot if that is not already installed. The POP3
>service should then work out of the box.
>
>Alexander
>
>P.S. You had never (not with RH9 nor with prior releases) the ability to
>access the root account for checking his mail using a GUI client. IMAP
>and POP3 access to the root account is strictly prohibited because of
>severe security reasons.
>
>
>  
>
    Thanks for your responses.  I'll try installing one of the mentioned 
POP3 servers, but it was the mention of /etc/aliases that provided the 
key piece.  When reminded of it, I did remember having done that 
before.  I SAID my memory was increasingly dusty.
    Cheers,
Gordon