On Sat,28.Mar.09, 05:37:07, sadsjon wrote: > I have been wondering for some time how Debian identifies a mail > address for the root user and indeed any local users. > > I have recently cloned my server, changed hostname all correctly but > any mail sent from root using mutt comes in as if from the previous > server name and not the new one. > > I would like to know how to change this. AFAIK all MTAs in Debian should use /etc/mailname > I would also like to have local server "root" mail send to an external > postmaster account and have never been able to do this either. > > I am using sendmail/spamassassin/mimedefang/clamav/lenny/squirrelmail/ > courierimap > > my /etc/aliases file contains no mail addresses, just single word > usernames. Edit add the desired e-mail address to the root line in /etc/aliases. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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