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    Default mail root (No mail for root)

    Hello friends,

    Please someone knows how to fix this problem?

    root@amanba [~]# mail
    No mail for root

    Tks a lot

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    You should usually have root's mail forwarded to a mailbox in WHM > Change System Mail Preferences > root's mail. With that set you should never get any email in the root inbox.
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    Default dns only

    how can I do this manually for dns only servers?

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    Quote Originally Posted by WhatsYourDomain View Post
    how can I do this manually for dns only servers?
    Create a file ".forward" in /root place the desired email ID in that file and save.
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