On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 11:37 +0800, Hadders wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 11:09 +0800, Hadders wrote: > > > >> Hadders wrote: > >> > >>> Hi all, > >>> I should know how to do this, but 99% of the time, I don't care about > >>> the mail for root. > >>> > >>> Should I? > >>> > >>> Also, how would I turn this off? > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>> > >> Thanks people. > >> > >> Just another couple of questions. If I want this to go to an external > >> email address, obviously I enter the address in the alias. But, how does > >> it get there? > >> I assume I need sendmail running? and where do I configure the smtp-host > >> (external) that sendmail should use? > >> > > ---- > > sendmail should be running... > > > > edit /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > > > > find these lines... > > > > dnl # Uncomment and edit the following line if your outgoing mail needs > > to > > dnl # be sent out through an external mail server: > > dnl # > > dnl define(`SMART_HOST',`smtp.your.provider') > > dnl # > > > > edit per instructions > > > > restart sendmail > > > > Craig > > > > > Thanks craig, any way I can test this from the commandline? ---- mail someuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (hint use a . on a line by itself to end the mail) Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
