[wellylug] Default email account for Ubuntu servers

[Peter Lynch]

I use Postfix on a Debian server, and definitely need to use
/etc/aliases and newaliases, so no, I don't think it's a sendmail thing
only.

Regards
Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: wellylug-bounces at lists.wellylug.org.nz
[mailto:wellylug-bounces at lists.wellylug.org.nz] On Behalf Of Cliff Pratt
Sent: Thursday, 2 April 2009 09:10
To: Wellington Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [wellylug] Default email account for Ubuntu servers

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


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