Yeah I even ran it manually but it is run automatically when you save a new alias under the Webmin Sendmail front end. I also put a .forward in /root with the addresses [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc but it still didnt work.
Strange ------ original message ------ From: Trevor Lauder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue Jun 03 20:03:23 MDT 2003 Subject: Re: (clug-talk) New Sendmail Question Did you run 'newaliases' after adding the alias? <br> <br> <br>-- <br>Trevor Lauder <br>Web: http://www.thelauders.net <br>E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <br>Resume: http://www.thelauders.net/resume/ <br>Gentoo Powered <br> <br>"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes <br>a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage to move in the opposite <br>direction." -- Albert Einstein <br> <br>Johnny Stork said: <br>> Sorry about all the Sendmail questions. This is the first time I have <br>> tried to setup more than one MTA. <br>> <br>> What I am trying to do is get all mail to root on an internal machine, to <br>> send to the root account on another machine. I have tried a few different <br>> methods and none seem to work. <br>> <br>> Server1 (192.168.1.1) <br>> (the one I want all mail to root on Server2 to go to) <br>> <br>> Server2 (192.168.1.3) <br>> (second sendmail instance but I want root mail to go to Server1) <br>> <br>> <br>> Attempt 1: <br>> <br>> Server2 (created an alias for root to-go-to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) <br>> Didnt work, complains about hostname not found <br>> <br>> Attempt 2: <br>> <br>> Server2 (created an alias for root to-go-to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) <br>> Didnt work, no complaints about hostname, but mail remains in root mailbox <br>> on Server1 <br>> <br>> Attempt 3: <br>> <br>> Using Webmin/Sendmail, I set both <br>> <br>> Forward unqualified usernames to host = ip of Server1 or hostname of <br>> Server1 <br>> Forward mail for local users to host = ip of Server1 or hostname of <br>> Server1 <br>> <br>> But any mail sent to root on Server2 still goes to root mailbox on <br>> Server2? <br>> <br>> <br>> Am I missing another obvious setting somewhere? <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <hr> <br>> <b><font color=blue size=4>Open Enterprise Solutions</font> <br>> <font color=red>Linux & Open Source Solutions for Business</font></b> <br>> <br>> Johnny Stork, B.A. <br>> Calgary, AB <br>> <br>> <a href="http://www.openenterprise.ca";> <br>> www.openenterprise.ca</a> <br>> <br>> <br> <br> <br>
