On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 00:14:01 +0000, Dan <lists.munckfish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > >Am So, den 13.03.2005 schrieb Dan um 19:16: > > > > > > > >>I would like to get at the mail that goes to my root@localhost account > >>from my normal user account and I want to use Thunderbird cause that's > >>my normal mail client. > >> > >> > >>Dan > >> > >> > > > >Set an alias for root's mail. This is already prepared but commented in > > > >/etc/aliases > > > >Don't forget to run "newaliases" after any change on this file. > > > >Alexander > > > > > > > > > Hi > > Thanks, I wouldn't of thought to do this - great. > > Has anyone got any neat ideas for dealing with the second issue - > getting this mail into Thunderbird? > > Cheers > > Dan > > -- put the smtp and pop address of the server from which you send and receives the mails.Create the user account for the user on which you want to receive the root mails. like username dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx smtp 192.168.1.3 pop 192.168.1.3 Regards Ankush