Re: howto get my email aliases to work? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Johan A. van Zanten <johan%giantfoo.org@localhost>]

"Paul (NCC/CS.)" <pts%bom.gov.au@localhost> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> in /etc/mail/aliases I have:
> 
> # Well-known aliases -- these should be filled in!
> root: pts
> operator: pts
> 
> 
> and in /etc/postfix/main.cf  I have:
> 
> alias_maps = hash:/etc/mail/aliases
> alias_database = hash:/etc/mail/aliases
> 
> 
> i've run newaliases and restarted postfix in /etc/rc.d
> 
> but root mail is still not re directed to pts?

Any errors in /var/log/maillog?

Does /etc/mailer.conf map newaliases to the correct program?

Is there a line like this in your /etc/postfix/main.cf:

newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases


 -johan