Getting Root mail in normal e-mail client

[Robert Slade]

On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 16:53, Neal Wilkinson wrote:
> Robert Slade wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 16:20, Neal Wilkinson wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Matthew Miller wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 03:09:56PM +0000, Neal Wilkinson wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>I can change that file but how do I tell my mail program to retrieve it? 
> >>>>In other words for a regular inet account I just need my user name my 
> >>>>password, and the mail server settings. How do I set it up to receive 
> >>>>this mail?
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>It depends on your mail client. For many, looking at the local spool will
> >>>just be the default.
> >>>
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>I swap back and forth now between Tbird and Evolution. Right now I'm 
> >>using Thunderbird. How would I go about it there?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Matthew,
> >
> >Sendmail running on the FC box is what is handling the mail the root
> >address is root at yourmachinename. If you edit that line to something
> >like:
> >
> >root yourname at youraddress, sendmail will lookup the mx record and send
> >the mail there. If this is your address at your ISP you should get it
> >there depending on firewalls etc.
> >
> >Just my thoughts.
> >
> >Rob
> >
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> but you mean in a different file than aliases right?


Sorry, edit the file /etc/aliases and remove the # before root, and then
add the e-mail address you want the mail sent to. Once you have done
that run newaliases and it will create a new file that sendmail can
read. 

Rob