Did you restart smtpd? Sent from BlueMail
On May 10, 2017, 6:03 AM, at 6:03 AM, Ajitabh Pandey <ajitabhpan...@gmail.com> wrote: >Hello, > >On an OpenBSD 6.1, I have default smtpd setup. > >I placed a .forward file in root's home and am able to receive the >emails >on an external address. > >I then removed the .forward from root's home and then placed a .forward >in >the home directory of normal user account (say user01). Emails directly >send to user01 are being forwarded to external email address as >expected. > >Next I edited the /etc/mail/aliases file and uncomment the line with >root's >name in it and placed an entry like - > >root: user01 > >After saving the file, I ran newaliases to generate >/etc/mail/aliases.db >file. > >This should forward all email's destined for root to user01 and >consequently to external email address as user01's home has a .forward >file >in it. > >This is not happening. Any email sent to root is being delivered to the >mailbox of root and the smtpd logs in /var/log/maillog confirmed the >same. > >If my understanding about how this should work incorrect? If not then >what >am I doing wrong? > >Thanks and Regards. >-- >Ajitabh Pandey >http://ajitabhpandey.info/
