mail to root

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mail to root

Hello,

I would like send mails to root. I set up an alias for root in /etc/aliases. But if I send an email to root I get an error:

warning: recipient rejected <root> not in Mail Service ACL

Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table

The alias for postmaster is in the alias table also and is working like expected.

How do I setup postfix, aliases and/or the root user to enable root receiving mails?

Thank you.

P.

P.S. I added root to the group com.apple.access_mail and it works.

But this doesn't seem the right way.

P.

Mac Pro, OS X Server

Posted on Jan 3, 2013 6:16 AM

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Answer 1

Linc Davis

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Jan 3, 2013 9:49 AM in response to petrahu

Mail should not be received in the root account. Redirect it to an administrator by modifying the aliases file, or by adding a .forward file to /var/root.

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petrahu Author

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Jan 3, 2013 10:56 PM in response to Linc Davis

I have aliased root to my (administrator) account! Other aliases are working, but root does'nt!

Summary:

Log: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table.

I wrote: I added root to the group com.apple.access_mail and it works.

But this doesn't seem the right way.

P.

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Answer 3

Linc Davis

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Jan 4, 2013 7:10 AM in response to petrahu

What do you get from this:

sudo postalias -q root /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/aliases

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petrahu Author

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Jan 4, 2013 11:27 AM in response to Linc Davis

The admin user like expected.

The problem is this error message: "warning: recipient rejected <root> not in Mail Service ACL"

If I enable the Mail Service ACL for root adding root to the group com.apple.access_mail, the admin user gets the mail.

But is it secure or right to do this?

P.

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Answer 5

Linc Davis

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Jan 4, 2013 12:09 PM in response to petrahu

But is it secure or right to do this?

I can't say that it would make any list of best practices. It would be better to change whatever is sending mail to root in the first place. That's what I do.

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