Disable Mail Delivery Subsystem emails with sendmail.

[someone_4]

Hello,

I was wondering if there was a way to disable Mail Delivery Subsystem emails going to root or postmaster? I am checking postmaster email and getting alot of junk I dont want from Mail Delivery Subsystem.

In /etc/mail/aliases
I have
MAILER-DAEMON : /dev/null

And that is not doing it for me.

Anyone have any ideas?

thanks
richard

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi richard,

In that same aliases file make sure that the alias for root doesn't point to you. And verify that postmaster goes to root at the same time - problem solved.
Then don't forget to run newaliases

Rgds,
Jeff

[Steven E. Protter]

root has a legitimate reason to get mail, but for security reasons its best to forward it.

put an entry in aliases on linux its /etc on HP-UX its /etc/mail

root yourname@yourdomain.net


save it

newaliases

/sbin/init.d/sendmail stop
/sbin/init.d/sendmail start

SEP

[Jeff Schussele]

On reflection just make sure the postmaster alias doesn't point to root.
You probably should receive non-sendmail related root mail.
Just setup an account for postmaster on the system(s) & let the postmaster mail go there & check it from time to time.

Rgds,
Jeff

[someone_4]

I tried that and i still get Mail Delivery Subsystem. I check postmaster email but dont want Mail Delivery Subsystem.


Richard

[Uday_S_Ankolekar]

In roots home directory create ".forward" file
with a valid e-mail id in it.
All the mails will deliver it to that account related to root.

-USA..

[someone_4]

hmmm i tried that but the header says it is not going to root. It is comming from root to postmaster.


From: Mail Delivery Subsystem
Message-Id:
To: postmaster


richard