[opensuse] Re: [opensuse-factory] Thunderbird : Local Folders
On Wednesday 01 of October 2014 09:18:49 Stefan Seyfried wrote:
messages for root are being delivered ok into folder /var/spool/mail/root but, are not getting delivered to Thunderbird's Local Folder for root You have to configure thunderbird to get mails from /var/spool/mail/root
Why not add the username of his non-root account as an alias for root in /etc/aliases in order to receive root's mail? -- Regards, Peter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2014-10-01 09:30, auxsvr@gmail.com wrote:
On Wednesday 01 of October 2014 09:18:49 Stefan Seyfried wrote:
messages for root are being delivered ok into folder /var/spool/mail/root but, are not getting delivered to Thunderbird's Local Folder for root You have to configure thunderbird to get mails from /var/spool/mail/root
Why not add the username of his non-root account as an alias for root in /etc/aliases in order to receive root's mail?
Well, actually that's the default on openSUSE. :-) When the system is setup and you create the first user, YaST at least suggests that this user is to receive root's mail. cer@Elessar:~> whoami cer cer@Elessar:~> grep cer /etc/aliases root: cer cer@Elessar:~> -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" (Elessar)) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 10/01/2014 10:30 AM, auxsvr@gmail.com wrote:
On Wednesday 01 of October 2014 09:18:49 Stefan Seyfried wrote:
messages for root are being delivered ok into folder /var/spool/mail/root but, are not getting delivered to Thunderbird's Local Folder for root You have to configure thunderbird to get mails from /var/spool/mail/root Why not add the username of his non-root account as an alias for root in /etc/aliases in order to receive root's mail? ...............
- yes : indeed i have already done this : curiously, /var/spool/mail/root messages were delivered to Thunderbird Local Folders all right while i previously did zypper dup from Tumbleweed : something in Factory is "upgraded" ...................... thank you regards -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 10/01/2014 10:30 AM, auxsvr@gmail.com wrote:
Why not add the username of his non-root account as an alias for root in /etc/aliases in order to receive root's mail? ...............
- yes : indeed i have already done this : curiously, /var/spool/mail/root messages were delivered to Thunderbird Local Folders all right while i previously did zypper dup from Tumbleweed : something in Factory is "upgraded" ........... - just now : Strike-me-pink - just now, a week after moving from Tumbleweed to Factory . . . just now /var/spool/mail/root messages are being delivered to Thunderbird Local Folders ! :) ...................... regards -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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