HOWTO: Redirecting root's mail



On most systems there are some cronjobs that run as root. Those jobs sent their output to root's mail file/folder. Here's an easy way to redirect those messages, so that regular user can read them. Most desktop users will find this useful.


Edit as root /etc/aliases file and append the following line: 


root:           regularuser


Then run: 


sudo newaliases


You should have root privileges to execute those commands. Now regularuser will receive all root's mail.


 

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