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   Bit Twister to Lew Pitcher   
   Re: Sending mail without having to use s   
   17 Nov 22 10:41:33   
   
   From: BitTwister@mouse-potato.com   
      
   On Thu, 17 Nov 2022 16:28:43 -0000 (UTC), Lew Pitcher wrote:   
      
   > Note that, while "Sendmail" /was/ the standard mailserver for Slackware   
   > releases, Pat V. moved it to the "extra" directory, and changed the   
   > default to the "Postfix" server. "Postfix" seems to use an easier, less   
   > arcane configuration system than "Sendmail" does.   
      
      
   And comes with the feature of who to route all of root's eamil   
      
   # tail -9  /etc/postfix/aliases | head -3   
   # CHANGE THIS LINE to an account of a HUMAN   
   root:   bittwister   
      
   set desired value and  as root run   
     postalias aliases   
      
   then restart postfix, shoot root an email with   
     maix -s "testshot" root < /dev/null   
   and verify root's testshot  mail message is in the users inbox.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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