On 29 Jul 2011, at 10:56, Stuart Jansen wrote: > In that case, what do you mean by "These messages to root are put in > root's inbox on the server"? > > Postfix does not deliver mail to root. If root is receiving mail, > something is bypassing Postfix.
I'll try to explain the best I can. In /etc/aliases, I have root paired with an email address external to the server. When I send mail to root from the command line, it is successfully sent to that external address. When my cron jobs fail, messages are sent to root. They messages are not sent to this external address. When I log in as root, I receive the "you have messages waiting" notification and I can view the messages via the command line mail client (mailx I believe). /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
