a note about sendmail. some ISP may block email traffic so you would need
to setup sendmail to send mail via an external mailserver. AT&T, Bresnan,
Cox, and Chartered are all known to block email servers.
just in case the about alias does not work
On Nov 20, 2007 1:07 AM, Toni Van Remortel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Richard Mace wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I am trying to work out how to get email notifications working.
> > I have configured sendmail to work, so that I can type
> > /usr/sbin/sendmail and can send an email, but I can't seem to get
> > backup pc to send one.
> >
> Add this line in /etc/aliases:
> backuppc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Now sendmail wil send the mail to your address, instead of the local
> mbox of the backuppc user.
>
> --
> Toni Van Remortel
> Linux System Engineer @ Precision Operations NV
> +32 3 452 92 26 - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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