Alexander Dalloz wrote:
Thanks for your responses. I'll try installing one of the mentioned POP3 servers, but it was the mention of /etc/aliases that provided the key piece. When reminded of it, I did remember having done that before. I SAID my memory was increasingly dusty.You will need to forward root's mail to a normal user account by using the aliases file. /etc/aliases already contains a line, which is actually commented. Modify it to let root's mail go to your username. Then run "newaliases" command to make changes active - given that you use Sendmail.
Then you'll have to run an IMAP/POP3 server to access your mail through a GUI client. Install dovecot if that is not already installed. The POP3 service should then work out of the box.
Alexander
P.S. You had never (not with RH9 nor with prior releases) the ability to access the root account for checking his mail using a GUI client. IMAP and POP3 access to the root account is strictly prohibited because of severe security reasons.
Cheers,
Gordon
