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03-07-2008, 04:59 AM
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Re: No mail for root?
Noozer wrote:
> When I installed debian lenny, the system was configured to send email to > one of my users by default. Now, I want all system email to go to root. > > To do so, I edited the /etc/aliases file and commented out the "root: user" > line. > > At this point, all email is going to /var/mail/mail . When I log in as root > I never get a new mail notification and the "mail" command reports that > there is no mail. There is actually a ton of messages that I can read using > "mail -f /var/mail/mail". > > Checking the environment variables, I see that the mail variable is set to > /var/mail/root. Looking at ~ I don't see an mbox file either. > > What do I need to do to get the new mail prompts and have root recieve all > system email normally? > > Thx! Don't comment out the root: user line. Simply remove the user portion out of the line. - Ken 
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