Qmail won't deliver to root for security reasons. Setup a /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-root file to forward root's mail to a non root user account.
Ken Jones On Wednesday 30 October 2002 12:30 pm, Jeff Koch wrote: > Our /var/log/qmail logs are littered with entries like this: > > @400000003dc01764097a5a7c starting delivery 2439317: msg 2405158 to local > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > @400000003dc01764097ae334 status: local 1/10 remote 0/20 > > @400000003dc01761323a21a4 status: local 2/10 remote 0/20 > @400000003dc0176139ee2d64 delivery 2439314: deferral: > Unable_to_chdir_to_maildir._(#4.2.1) > > Can there be something wrong with our vpopmail installation that is > preventing qmail from finding/chdir/delivering messages to 'root' and the > local server? This also happens to messages addressed to 'postmaster' on > the local machine. > > Otherwise, mail addressed to virtual domain email accounts are delivered > fine. > > Best Regards, Jeff Koch > Intersessions.com > --------------------------------------------------
