On 06/26/2010 09:41 AM, Eric Shubert wrote: > Maxwell Smart wrote: >> I see. The reason this was a bit odd was that I use the QMTISO for >> all my base installs and build my web server on that platform. So I >> have a fully functional e mail client with all the bells and whistles >> installed right outta the box. True that most installs (SuSe, >> Redhat etc) do install Postfix by default, but the QMTISO is more >> robust in the features that I want. Once OSSEC and fail2ban are >> included and the latest version of Webmin I won't have to do too much >> to set up a machine. Did you roll your own OS and that's why >> Postfix wasn't present? > > I believe RedHat (and thus CentOS) have sendmail (gag) by default. I used to use SuSe before getting onto the QMTISO and it uses Postfix. I didn't know what Redhat/CentOS uses. > > >> I recently did an update that caused my logwatch to change the >> mailto: address from m...@address.com to r...@localhost It took me a >> bit to figure it out, because the same thing was happening. It would >> execute, but no mail, no errors. If you had it working and toyed >> with it, likely another problem. I hate it when that happens. > > Postfix uses the standard /etc/aliases file for routing. So you can > just change the root entry there (don't forget to run the newaliases > command afterwards), and all of root's email (many packages default to > sending to r...@localhost) to wherever you like. Simple. > I am using QMTISO so no Postfix here. :) Easy fix once I realized what was going on.
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