Picking up root at localhost mail in normail user account

[Dan]

Alexander Dalloz wrote:

>Am So, den 13.03.2005 schrieb Dan um 19:16:
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>>I would like to get at the mail that goes to my root at localhost account 
>>from my normal user account and I want to use Thunderbird cause that's 
>>my normal mail client.
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>>Dan
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>Set an alias for root's mail. This is already prepared but commented in
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>/etc/aliases
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>Don't forget to run "newaliases" after any change on this file.
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>Alexander
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Hi

Thanks, I wouldn't of thought to do this - great.

Has anyone got any neat ideas for dealing with the second issue - 
getting this mail into Thunderbird?

Cheers

Dan