Thanks Randy! Does anyone know how to source the /etc/postfix/aliases file into a bash shell script, change the line to "root: $1" and save the file? Should be simple but the aliases file has a ":" not an equals sign, so I think the network function library will not work? # Source function library. if [ -f /etc/init.d/functions ] ; then . /etc/init.d/functions elif [ -f /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ] ; then . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions else exit 0 fi jd On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 10:43:57PM -0600, Randy Kelsoe wrote: > Jay Daniels wrote: > > >I use postfix, but system alerts are not sent to me but to the postfix > >user... > >[obiwan@darkstar mail]$ ls -la > >total 1560 > >drwxrwxr-x 2 root mail 4096 Nov 24 21:15 . > >drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Aug 29 11:43 .. > >-rw------- 1 apache mail 19032 Aug 19 08:24 apache > >-rw-rw---- 1 obiwan mail 105295 Nov 24 21:15 obiwan > >-rw------- 1 postfix mail 1451892 Nov 11 04:02 postfix > > > >How do I get postfix or root's messages sent to normal user? > > > Edit the /etc/postfix/aliases file and find the line that starts > with root:, and alias root to the user you want root's mail sent to: > > root: obiwan (for example) > > after you save the chage, do a 'newaliases' to recreate the database, > and 'service postfix restart' . > > > > >Also, I would like mutt to inc the mail to my ~/Mail/Inbox and have > >mutt open to ~/Mail/Inbox to view mail. Apparently mutt is reading > >mail from the mail spool file and when I exit it places non-deleted > >messages in the Inbox. > > > Don't use mutt, can't help you here. > > > > >Better yet, could procmail or some mail filter automatically put mail > >in ~/Mail/Inbox on delivery? > > > Sure, procmail can do this. > > >I know it's possible to use the sendmail binary directly to send > >mail, but would fetchmail work without sendmail or postfix running on > >port 25? > > > fetchmail does not need an MTA to work. It's used to 'fetch' mail from > your incoming mail server and put it in your /var/spool/mail/(username) > file. ---end quoted text--- -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
