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["Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@xxxxxxxxx>]

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On 11/16/2009 12:41 PM, Per Jessen wrote:
> Lars Müller wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 08:53:55AM +0100, Per Jessen wrote:
> > > The setup usually copies the mails to a user account, but will also
> > > deliver them to root.
> >
> > It is simply not this simple.
> >
> > If you ack to send system mail to the first user you added while the
> > installtion an alias is created in /etc/aliases
> >
> > root:   sascha
>
> Ah, sorry, I thought it was the default to only send a copy to the user
> and still deliver the mail to root.  I guess that's how I always set it
> up then. 

Mail delivery to root does not work in postfix, I don't remember the exact 
reason, but I think it is
because it uses procmail for local delivery. The postfix devs do not trust any 
external (to them)
tool, so they refuse to run procmail as root to send email to root... 
therefore, mail to root has to
be sent instead to a user.

It was comented on the list at the time SuSE changed from sendmail to postfix 
as default tool.

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Cheers / Saludos,

                Carlos E. R.
                (from 11.2-ex-factory "Emerald" GM)
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