Did you run 'newaliases' after adding the alias?
-- Trevor Lauder Web: http://www.thelauders.net E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resume: http://www.thelauders.net/resume/ Gentoo Powered "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -- Albert Einstein Johnny Stork said: > Sorry about all the Sendmail questions. This is the first time I have > tried to setup more than one MTA. > > What I am trying to do is get all mail to root on an internal machine, to > send to the root account on another machine. I have tried a few different > methods and none seem to work. > > Server1 (192.168.1.1) > (the one I want all mail to root on Server2 to go to) > > Server2 (192.168.1.3) > (second sendmail instance but I want root mail to go to Server1) > > > Attempt 1: > > Server2 (created an alias for root to-go-to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Didnt work, complains about hostname not found > > Attempt 2: > > Server2 (created an alias for root to-go-to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Didnt work, no complaints about hostname, but mail remains in root mailbox > on Server1 > > Attempt 3: > > Using Webmin/Sendmail, I set both > > Forward unqualified usernames to host = ip of Server1 or hostname of > Server1 > Forward mail for local users to host = ip of Server1 or hostname of > Server1 > > But any mail sent to root on Server2 still goes to root mailbox on > Server2? > > > Am I missing another obvious setting somewhere? > > > > <hr> > <b><font color=blue size=4>Open Enterprise Solutions</font> > <font color=red>Linux & Open Source Solutions for Business</font></b> > > Johnny Stork, B.A. > Calgary, AB > > <a href="http://www.openenterprise.ca";> > www.openenterprise.ca</a> > >
