[aklug] Re: Roots mail isn't working

For some strange reason the final recipient is root@example.com.

The final recipient should be the email address I added to aliases. I
can't figure out why the final recipient is root@example.com.

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On Oct 25, 2010, at 11:11 AM, "Shane R. Spencer" <shane@bogomip.com> wrote:

> You're saying:
>
> 1. Mail is actually sent outside of your box to the correct account
> 2. Mail is received by arbitrary mail software and classified as spam
>
> Your options:
>
> 1. Tell arbitrary mail software not to mark mails from root as spam.
> 2. Follow common rules of thumb for distributing mail
> 2.1. Using mail set a flag called "From:" to something less nefarious
>
> - Shane
>
> On 10/25/2010 10:40 AM, Damien Hull wrote:
>> I'm trying to have root mail sent to an outside email address. My mail
>> is hosted at google.
>>
>> Here's what I have.
>> 1. Ubuntu server 10.04
>> 2. Postfix
>> 3. Aliases file with root: user@example.com
>>
>> That should work but it doesn't. Mail gets sent to the spam folder.
>> Looks like google is searching for the "root" account.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Note:
>> mail -s "awesome email" user@example.com
>>
>> Works like it should.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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