On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 12:49:33PM +0300, Manolis Tzanidakis wrote: > [20030822] Mihalis I. Tsoukalos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dear list, > > Hello Mihali > > > I have a .alias file in my home directory with entries having the > > following form: > > > > debian [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > debian-kde [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I want to use it with mutt so I have added the following line in > > .muttrc: > > set alias_file="~/.alias" > > > > What else do I have to do in order to use it? > > Add the following entry in your .muttrc : > source ~/.alias > > after the set alias_file one. > > > Second problem: > > The emails to root go to user nobody. > > I am using postfix and /etc/aliases has no such entry. > > How can I fix it? > > Edit /etc/aliases and add the line : > root: THE_USER_THAT_SHOULD_GET_ROOT_MAIL > > Make sure your /etc/postfix/main.cf has the following : > > alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases > alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases > > then run : > > $ newaliases && postfix reload > > (this should create /etc/aliases.db & restart postfix).
Hi Manoli. The problem was that I have not put the word alias in front of each line in the .alias file as well as I have not put the source .alias in .muttrc It works fine now. Thanks. So, in order to make user root get its email, should I put root: root in the aliases file? Seems a little bizzare :-) I have found the postalias command that might help creating the aliases.db file. TIA, Mihalis. -- Unix is very simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity. (Dennis Ritchie) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
