On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 05:41:42PM -0500, Jeff Spaleta wrote: > > I'm not > sure how many users, especially the first time users, know about the > sorts of emails like smart's that can be sent to root user. In /etc/aliases you probably have lines like that: # Person who should get root's mail #root: marc Maybe install should ask data for this alias and fill that lines unless specifically and emphatically declined? The big advantage is that this solves the issue in a general way instead for some specific cases like smart. Michal