[wellylug] Default email account for Ubuntu servers

[Cliff Pratt]

Daniel Pittman wrote:
> Hong Chyr <hongchyr at yahoo.co.uk> writes:
> 
>> How can I change the default user account to receive all system
>> notification emails for an Ubuntu server?
> 
> Usually, the entry for 'root' in /etc/aliases.  If you have to ask that,
> don't forget to run 'newaliases' as root after changing that file.
> 
> The complex answer is that it is complicated, and you would need to tell
> us about your system configuration — at the least, which MTA you are
> using.
> 
Ubuntu seems to use Dovecot? newaliases is a sendmail thing isn't it, or 
does Dovecot or whatever Ubuntu Server supplies need that? Exim doesn't.

Cheers,

Cliff