On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 10:53:26AM +0100, Leslie Jensen wrote:
> If I specify
> MAILTO="email@my.domain"
>
> in roots crontab.
>
> I'll recieve mail when cron runs what I've asked it to.
>
> With
> MAILTO="root"
>
> Mails are delivered to the local mailbox on the system
>
>
> In /etc/postfix/aliases I have
> root: email@my.domain
>
> I've executed newaliases at the command prompt.
>
>
> Has anyone got an idea on why I can't get the mails to root to my
> external mail address?
>
> Thanks
>
> /Leslie
My guess is that you have configured things so that postfix isn't used
for local delivery. But since you neglect to describe your setup, I
cannot help further.
-Otto
