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Old 09-15-2007
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Can any one show me how to create an alias account that silently copies local emails to the administrator (root) using a linux cmd line or GUI?

The answer needs to be very simplly explained at this stage, as I am new to the command prompt...expecialy in linux.
thanks heaps guys

PipaSmilie

I have tried to delete this message as I am still researching this...
anyway any help will be appreciated
I tend to get tied in nots as I am more used to the DOS command prompt.
Last edited by Pipa; 09-15-2007 at 03:15 AM..
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Old 09-19-2007
I understand it's 4 days ago, but still : what is the OS, what is the mail server, where are the messages stored ? What do you mean by "alias account" ?
Example :
Quote:
ls -la /var/spool/mail/
total 24
drwxrwxr-x 2 root mail 4096 Aug 31 17:39 .
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Nov 24 2006 ..
-rw-rw---- 1 sysgate mail 0 Sep 4 12:20 sysgate
so now I can "cp /var/spool/mail/sysgate /root" for example.
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Old 09-19-2007
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Originally Posted by Pipa
Can any one show me how to create an alias account that silently copies local emails to the administrator (root) using a linux cmd line or GUI?
I've used postfix to do fancy stuff where you can have a script of your own choice invoked when a mail arrives for you.
 
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