Forwarding root's email on Mac OS

Forwarding root’s email on Mac OS


sudo pico /var/root/.forward
change /dev/null to your email address
(this tells the system which address mail for root should be forwarded to)


sudo chown -R postfix /private/var/spool/postfix
sudo chown root /private/var/spool/postfix
sudo postfix start
(this sets some file & folder permissions then starts Postfix, the mail transfer agent)


sudo pico /etc/hostconfig
change MAILSERVER to -YES-
(this makes postfix start up after a reboot)


then to test everything, if you like:
mail root
Subject: test
. 

(period) then Enter
(wait a while after sending this mail, it can take quite a long time to be sent))

These steps are courtesy of: http://hublog.hubmed.org

Forwarding root’s email on Mac OS


sudo pico /var/root/.forward
change /dev/null to your email address
(this tells the system which address mail for root should be forwarded to)


sudo chown -R postfix /private/var/spool/postfix
sudo chown root /private/var/spool/postfix
sudo postfix start
(this sets some file & folder permissions then starts Postfix, the mail transfer agent)


sudo pico /etc/hostconfig
change MAILSERVER to -YES-
(this makes postfix start up after a reboot)


then to test everything, if you like:
mail root
Subject: test
. 

(period) then Enter
(wait a while after sending this mail, it can take quite a long time to be sent))

These steps are courtesy of: http://hublog.hubmed.org

Posted 2 years ago & Filed under OS X, Root, email, forward, system admin,

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Feralo is the creative portfolio of Noah Spahn. Spahn is a painter with degree in Studio Arts from Biola University, a deep interest in several marked periods of Art History, and Artists ranging from Caravaggio to Immendorf.

His work is typically a veiled glimpse into some facet of his current musings. The mediums used vary as much as their application, whilst the human form is generally the vehicle. Themes may include transcendental aesthetics or the rejection of visceral urges amidst the complexities of commonplace social environs. He has also been known to produce the occasional 'automatic painting', the interpretation of which probably lies in the realm of his unconscious.

During his 25 year career as an Artist, Spahn has worked as a commissioned limner, 3D modeler, architectural draftsman, aerosol muralist, portraitist, graphic designer, creative consultant and advertising director.