topic Re: email alias does not send to root in Operating System - HP-UX

email alias does not send to root

Dave Chamberlin — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 15:44:43 GMT

Hello,
I have created an email alias in the /etc/aliases file (and ran newaliases). The line is:
sysadmin : root,me@mydomain.com

Mail to sysadmin IS going to me@mydomain.com but is not going to root. Can someone tell what is wrong? Curiously, it worked fine the first time I tested it....

Re: email alias does not send to root

Steven E. Protter — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 15:48:35 GMT

probably syntax error.

my file on HP and Linux looks like this.

me@mydomain.com: root

You can test this as follows

sendmail -bt

type in the root account you should get me@mydomain.com back
/QUIT

to terminate test mode

also
sendmail -v -d8.99 -d38.99 root
type some text

.

might be useful in verifying your configuration.

SEP

Re: email alias does not send to root

Patrick Wallek — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 15:54:21 GMT

Do you have root aliased to something else elsewherer in your /etc/mail/aliases file? If so, then root won't get the mail, rather it will go to wherever root is aliased.

Re: email alias does not send to root

Dave Chamberlin — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 16:17:52 GMT

There is no typo. There is no alias for root though there are many that alias TO root. this is interesting - I edited my alias for sysadmin to be:
sysadmin : operator,me@mydomain.com
(Since operator aliases to root). I then tried several emails to sysadmin. The FIRST one only was delivered to BOTH root and the second account. All subsequent messages were received only by the second account. I changed the aliases file back. This time no mail went to root. I have attached the tail of the mail.log file.

thanks

Re: email alias does not send to root

Patrick Wallek — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 16:31:11 GMT

Have a look in the /home/root/.forward file. What is in there? That my be part of your problem.

Re: email alias does not send to root

Dave Chamberlin — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 16:43:00 GMT

Thanks Patrick,

There is no .forward file for root.

Dave

Re: email alias does not send to root

SIG. FARAVELLI — Wed, 05 May 2004 11:55:16 GMT

try this in /etc/aliases

sysadmin : \root,me@mydomain.com

In my system work .

regards

nicola

Re: email alias does not send to root

RAC_1 — Wed, 05 May 2004 12:00:35 GMT

what does following command return?

expand_alias sysadm

Should return root anf me@mydomain.com

Anil

Re: email alias does not send to root

Dave Chamberlin — Wed, 05 May 2004 12:07:01 GMT

I changed the line in the alias file to have \root instead of root and this has worked repeatedly now :)

FYI - The expand_alias showed both users before and after the change.

Thanks!