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How to forward root email to external email?
If root is receiving email, then you probably already have a server installed. (Re)configure to either deliver directly or use a smarthost. Now add ” root: [email protected] ” (with the correct address, of course) to /etc/aliases and run newaliases. (I think the Ubuntu postfix package offers to do this automatically during dpkg-reconfigure ).
How to get postfix to Forward Mail Server Fault?
In your case, the postfix daemon thinks the mail is not for it and sends it without using /etc/aliases First check your /etc/hosts file : it should have your machine name corresponding to 127.0.1.1, like this: Check your /etc/mailname too, and it should be consistent.
How to send email to root @ hostname?
By default, when a cron job runs and if the script or program that runs produces any output (text on the screen) this will email the cron user, in my case, I have setup cron jobs under the root user, therefore emails get sent to root@hostname, so everytime I login via.
Where does root get its output mail from?
Whenever a cron job runs for root, the output mail is not delivered locally, instead it gets sent to [email protected] via the main mail server. This is not what I want.
How is the from address set in postfix?
Postfix itself does not “set” the from address for an mail (as long has you haven’t really tweaked the postfix configuration). The from address header of an e-mail is set by the mail client which is asking postfix to deliver the mail (Postfix is a MTA ).
What happens when a postfix address cannot be delivered?
Each Postfix delivery agent tries to deliver the mail to its destination, while encapsulating the sender, recipients, and message content according to the rules of the SMTP, LMTP, etc. protocol. When mail cannot be delivered, it is either returned to the sender or moved to the deferred queue and tried again later.
Why do I need to rewrite my postfix address?
Address rewriting is at the heart of the Postfix mail system. Postfix rewrites addresses for many different purposes. Some are merely cosmetic, and some are necessary to deliver correctly formatted mail to the correct destination. Examples of address rewriting in Postfix are: