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Old 09-08-2004, 04:23 AM   #1
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Every day logs are Mailed to "root", ,but I want to logs to be mailed to other mail id like "xyz@yahoo.com"

What components and modifications do i need to have .Anyway I was running sendmail and no DNS running
 
Old 09-08-2004, 12:53 PM   #2
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Add a line to /etc/aliases like:
root:xyz@yahoo.com

Then rebuild the aliases table:
newaliases
 
Old 09-10-2004, 05:19 AM   #3
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Mailing

Still it is not mailing to xyz@yahoo.com

I have an entry in /etc/aliases root : root, praveen_mscis@yahoo.com, which will send mail to root and pgiven id

but not mailing to given id
 
  


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