> > > > > In the /etc/aliases file look for the following lines: > > > > # Pretty much everything else in this file points to "root", > > so # you would do well in either reading root's mailbox or > > forwarding # root's email from here. > > > > # root: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (should be at the top of the file. > > > > make sure that you have a line in it like this (either > > uncomment the line by remving the # or add a new line like: > > > > root: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > save it and then run the "newaliases" command.. it will > > rebuild the aliases database. > > > > For more info, do a "man newaliases". > > > > Of course, this only works *if* you have the sendmail daemon > > running. <bg> > > > > Enjoy! > > > > -Stacy > > You must have missed the begning of this thread (before it got snipped > anyway). I did that. Exactly as you suggested. This was of > course the > first thing I did. I also read man newaliases, and every > other relevant > man page I could find. I also tried putting a .forward file in root's > home directory with my external email address in it.
Hmm.. Sorry, my bad. :) Strange that it didn't want to work for you.. what does the /var/log/maillog show? > > > > > Hi! > > > > > I am having trouble redirecting root's email to an external email > > > account. This is a 4.7-Release box with not very > > modifications done > > > to the standard installation. > > > > > When I look at /var/spool/clientmqueue, it is full of > > messages. Here > > > is a snippet of one: > > > > > MDeferred: Operation timed out with localhost.visimation.com. > > > > I'm not a big Sendmail expert or anything, but do you even > > have the MTA process running? Can you successfully telnet > > localhost.visimation.com port 25? What sendmail related lines > > do you have in /etc/rc.conf? > > -- > > Toomas Aas | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > http://www.raad.tartu.ee/~toomas/ > > * All wiyht. Rho sritched > > mg kegboawd awound? > > Telnet to port 25 of localhost.visimation.com works. In my > /etc/rc.conf > the only entry I have for sendmail is: > sendmail_enable="YES" > > Thanks for the help. This is really frusrating me. :( > > Adam > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
