At 08:39 AM 5/19/99 -0500, Justin Bell wrote:
>qmail will not deliver mail to the root account, following the instructions
>from the INSTALL file you need to setup a file in the ~alias directory called
>.qmail-root, either an empty file, which will save mail in the ~alias
>account, or file containing &[EMAIL PROTECTED] to forward root mail to
>someone else.
>
>Justin
>
>On Wed, May 19, 1999 at 05:33:57PM +0200, Bruno Boettcher wrote:
># Hello,
>#
># strange thing: as it seems root can't get mail:
># May 16 06:51:43 erm1 qmail: 926830303.461259 info msg 4064: bytes 501 from
># <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> qp 10976 uid 0
># May 16 06:51:43 erm1 qmail: 926830303.555195 starting delivery 18439:
msg 4064
># t o local [EMAIL PROTECTED]
># May 16 06:51:43 erm1 qmail: 926830303.555313 status: local 1/10 remote 0/20
># May 16 06:51:43 erm1 qmail: 926830303.621024 delivery 18439: failure:
># Sorry,_no_mailbox_here_by_that_name._(#5.1.1)/
># May 16 06:51:43 erm1 qmail: 926830303.621160 status: local 0/10 remote 0/20
># May 16 06:51:43 erm1 qmail: 926830303.662618 bounce msg 4064 qp 10979
># May 16 06:51:43 erm1 qmail: 926830303.662926 end msg 4064
># May 16 06:51:43 erm1 qmail: 926830303.663387 new msg 4361
># May 16 06:51:43 erm1 qmail: 926830303.663611 info msg 4361: bytes 1066
from <>
># qp 10979 uid 72
># May 16 06:51:43 erm1 qmail: 926830303.721585 starting delivery 18440:
msg 4361
># to local [EMAIL PROTECTED]
># May 16 06:51:43 erm1 qmail: 926830303.721742 status: local 1/10 remote 0/20
># May 16 06:51:43 erm1 qmail: 926830303.725045 delivery 18440: failure:
># Sorry,_no_mailbox_here_by_that_name._(#5.1.1)/
># May 16 06:51:43 erm1 qmail: 926830303.725411 status: local 0/10 remote 0/20
># May 16 06:51:43 erm1 qmail: 926830303.786842 bounce msg 4361 qp 10981
># May 16 06:51:43 erm1 qmail: 926830303.787024 end msg 4361
># May 16 06:51:43 erm1 qmail: 926830303.787440 new msg 4064
>#
># what did i do wrong? this lines are filling the logs and explode /var.....
>#
># ciao
># bboett
You know, I never did understand why everyone says Qmail does not allow you
to receive email as root because I have it set up to do just that. I had
the exact same problem, and resolved it by setting up a root email account.
Coincidentally I can read the messages to see if there is anything truly
wrong.
Regards,
Julian L.C. Brown
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