On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 15:18 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: > Usually, one forwards root's mail or creates an alias user that > receives root's mail. ;o) Yes, that's much safer to do. You're best not to run any programs that may handle externally derived data (e.g. mail, news clients, web browsers, etc), as root, unless you absolutely have to. -- (This box runs FC5, my others run FC4 & FC6, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.