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[Discuss] server mail



Eric Chadbourne <eric.chadbourne at gmail.com> writes:

> On 06/21/2014 11:29 PM, David Kramer wrote:
>> On 06/21/2014 01:08 PM, Eric Chadbourne wrote:
>>> How do you deal with mail generated by the server?  Do you have it
>>> forward to your work email, use mailx, mutt, text editor...
>>>
>>> Thanks for any tips.
>> I don't know how the pros do it but I have root's mail sent to me in
>> /etc/aliases
>> 
>
> That sounds like a good option.  I shall do some more googling.

That's how I've done it for decades.  Although I'm not a pro. Perhaps
you have all your servers send to a "postmaster" list at your main
server and then you can adjust the list in a single place?

> Thanks!
>
> Eric

-derek

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