On 05-Nov-99 Andr�s wrote:
> Sorry, I must sound stupid but this really doesn't work.
>
> If I send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I want that mail delivered to root,
> so I put &root inside .qmail-root.
>
> But qmail sends it to root, so first checks the config and sees that
> .qmail-root oblies it to be send to &root, and so on -> loop
>
> Is it possible that root, someday, will receive a mail? Because it doesn't
> accept &[EMAIL PROTECTED] :-(
>
> I've read INSTALL.alias and says "Under qmail, root never receives mail",
> why?
For security reasons nothing in qmail runs as UID 0. In order to deliver
to root, qmail would have to suid root. It'll take time, but you'll get
used to not working as root.
Vince.
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