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Thanks guys for the reply.<br>
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Here's the summary of what I'm trying to achieve:<br>
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Newly installed Ubuntu 8.10 server, where the system was set up with
Exim as the default MTA. In the installation process, Ubuntu (server or
workstation) will usually put the first user account created as the
default user who will receive all system emails (e.g. cron reports, etc)<br>
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So now, I want to change that default to another user account. e.g.
when I install the system, the first user account I created was
admin@localhost, so now I am wanting to create another user
alert@localhost and channel all the system emails to that user. <br>
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So I gather using the /etc/aliases trick will do the job?<br>
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hong<br>
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Daniel Pittman wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hong Chyr <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:hongchyr@yahoo.co.uk"><hongchyr@yahoo.co.uk></a> writes:
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<pre wrap="">How can I change the default user account to receive all system
notification emails for an Ubuntu server?
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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.
Regards,
Daniel
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