Re: Getting Root mail in normal e-mail client

[Neal Wilkinson <forums.lists@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Miller wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 02:05:05PM -0400, Neal Wilkinson wrote:
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> > I have logged into console and it said root had new mail (a lot 
> > actually) and I figured out how to read it there but how can I have it 
> > sent to my normal e-mail client?
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> edit /etc/aliases and change the root alias to point to your user account.
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but how then will the mail program receive it? Don't I have to tell the 
program to look for it?