Re: mail for root

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On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 11:09 +0800, Hadders wrote:
> Hadders wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >  I should know how to do this, but 99% of the time, I don't care about 
> > the mail for root.
> >
> > Should I?
> >
> > Also, how would I turn this off?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> Thanks people.
> 
> Just another couple of questions.  If I want this to go to an external 
> email address, obviously I enter the address in the alias. But, how does 
> it get there?
> I assume I need sendmail running? and where do I configure the smtp-host 
> (external) that sendmail should use?
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sendmail should be running...

edit /etc/mail/sendmail.mc

find these lines...

dnl # Uncomment and edit the following line if your outgoing mail needs
to
dnl # be sent out through an external mail server:
dnl #
dnl define(`SMART_HOST',`smtp.your.provider')
dnl #

edit per instructions

restart sendmail

Craig


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