On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 at 14:19, Hany Aziz via Exim-users <[email protected]> wrote:
> When setting up my raspberry pi to use local email (using exim4 as the > default MTA on Raspbian/Debian), and while doing the debconf initial > configuration, I was asked whether to forward root's email to my user > account, and I did. In retrospect I wish I had also included root, as well > as my user account (let's call it user1). In other words, any mail sent to > root should in fact go to both root and user1. > > Changing the alias in /etc/aliases to > > root: user1, root > > makes no difference. How do I now "CC" root's email to the root mail > inbox, in addition to receiving it as user1, after the fact? > > I did also retest after sending out the commands (as root): > > sudo newaliases > > sudo service exim4 restart > > But, this still has no effect. "user1" still gets the email, root does not > get a copy. > Read the default configuration for Exim. There is this paragraph: # No deliveries will ever be run under the uids of these users (a colon- # separated list). An attempt to do so causes a panic error to be logged, and # the delivery to be deferred. This is a paranoic safety catch. Note that the # default setting means you cannot deliver mail addressed to root as if it # were a normal user. This isn't usually a problem, as most sites have an alias # for root that redirects such mail to a human administrator. never_users = root So, make a decision :-) -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft.", grep ^[^#] :-) -- ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
