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mail root (No mail for root)

Discussion in 'E-mail Discussions' started by WhiteBear, Aug 9, 2006.

  1. WhiteBear

    WhiteBear Well-Known Member

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    Hello friends,

    Please someone knows how to fix this problem?

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

    Tks a lot
     
    #1 WhiteBear, Aug 9, 2006
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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.
     
    #2 chirpy, Aug 10, 2006
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    dns only

    how can I do this manually for dns only servers?
     
    #3 WhatsYourDomain, Dec 12, 2006
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    Create a file ".forward" in /root place the desired email ID in that file and save.
     
    #4 Vinayak, Jan 27, 2008
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