Every system must be able to send mail to a postmaster mailbox. This section provides procedures that describe how to create an NIS alias for postmaster, or create the alias in each local /etc/mail/aliases file.
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# cat /etc/mail/aliases # Following alias is required by the mail protocol, RFC 2821 # Set it to the address of a HUMAN who deals with this system's # mail problems. Postmaster: root
Postmaster: postmaster-mail-address
You can create a separate mailbox for the postmaster to keep postmaster mail separate from personal mail. If you create a separate mailbox, use the mailbox address instead of the postmaster's personal mail address when you edit the /etc/mail/aliases files.
For more information, see Using Your Assigned Administrative Rights in Securing Users and Processes in Oracle Solaris 11.3.
For more information, see Task Map for Setting Up and Managing User Accounts by Using the CLI in Managing User Accounts and User Environments in Oracle Solaris 11.3.
# mail -f postmaster-mail-address
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# cat /etc/mail/aliases .. root: user@host.domain.com
Use the assigned address of the person who is designated as the postmaster
# cat /etc/mail/aliases .. new-alias-name: /usr/path
Create a name for a new alias
Use the path to the local mailbox
# newaliases