Good morning! I'm using FC5 + these mail programs: hxxxxxx:afarber {221} rpm -qa|grep mail sendmail-cf-8.13.7-2.fc5.2 mailx-8.1.1-44.2.1 mailcap-2.1.21-1.fc5 sendmail-8.13.7-2.fc5.2 procmail-3.22-16.2.1 sendmail-doc-8.13.7-2.fc5.2 For the sendmail I've added /etc/mail/authinfo, so that I can send mail through their SMTP server and this works ok for me. Also I have put my mail address into /root/.forward: hxxxxxx:afarber {223} sudo cat /root/.forward Alexander.Farber@xxxxxxxxx hxxxxxx:afarber {224} sudo ls -l /root/.forward -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27 Oct 5 09:52 /root/.forward My problem is that the mails sent to root go to root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and not to Alexander.Farber@xxxxxxxxxx I see them in the Gmail's "Sent Mail", but not in the "Inbox": X-Gmail-Received: bd912231208303c8c11d354bb1573f2ac5e4f4ad Return-Path: <alexander.farber@xxxxxxxxx> Received: from hxxxxxx.serverkompetenz.net ( [81.169.xx.xx]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id a23sm3312667nfc.2006.10.05.00.53.20; Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:53:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hxxxxxx.serverkompetenz.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hxxxxxx.serverkompetenz.net (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k957pdM7005815 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for <root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Thu, 5 Oct 2006 09:51:39 +0200 Received: (from afarber@localhost) by hxxxxxx.serverkompetenz.net (8.13.7/8.13.7/Submit) id k957pdYZ005814 for root; Thu, 5 Oct 2006 09:51:39 +0200 Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 09:51:39 +0200 Message-Id: <200610050751.k957pdYZ005814@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: test From: alexander.farber@xxxxxxxxx test (this is a mail I've sent with "mail root". Do you see the wrong To: above?) Could someone please give me a hint, what could I be missing here? I want the root mails to go to the address listed in /root/.forward and not to root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ! Here is /var/log/maillog: Oct 5 10:07:23 hxxxxxx sendmail[5839]: k9587Nhw005839: from=afarber, size=31, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200610050807.k9587Nhw005839@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, relay=afarber@localhost Oct 5 10:07:23 hxxxxxx sendmail[5839]: STARTTLS=client, relay=[127.0.0.1], version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=FAIL, cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, bits=256/256 Oct 5 10:07:23 hxxxxxxx sendmail[5840]: STARTTLS=server, relay=localhost [127.0.0.1], version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=NO, cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, bits=256/256 Oct 5 10:07:23 hxxxxxxx sendmail[5840]: k9587NJr005840: from=<afarber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, size=358, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200610050807.k9587Nhw005839@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=localhost [127.0.0.1] Oct 5 10:07:23 hxxxxxxx sendmail[5839]: k9587Nhw005839: to=root, ctladdr=afarber (500/500), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30031, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (k9587NJr005840 Message accepted for delivery) Oct 5 10:07:23 hxxxxxx sendmail[5841]: STARTTLS=client, relay=smtp.gmail.com, version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=OK, cipher=DES-CBC3-SHA, bits=168/168 Oct 5 10:07:25 hxxxxxx sendmail[5841]: k9587NJr005840: to=Alexander.Farber@xxxxxxxxx, ctladdr=<afarber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (500/500), delay=00:00:02, xdelay=00:00:02, mailer=relay, pri=30652, relay=smtp.gmail.com [64.233.183.xxx], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (OK 1160035744 x24sm3345084nfb) hxxxxxx:afarber {226} sudo /usr/lib/sendmail -bv root Alexander.Farber@xxxxxxxxxxxx deliverable: mailer relay, host smtp.gmail.com, user Alexander.Farber@xxxxxxxxx Regards Alex -- http://preferans.de