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Hi,
Any please tell me, why does certain valid user account are not routed to the respective mail a/c rather that they are been stored under the root user account of the mail server. Can I delete this mail of root user?. if so, will it hinder the users whos mails are been stored under the root user.
Please help
by steve durbin
There could be a number of reasons. Does email for other valid accounts get delivered? If not, your complete mail setup may have problems - probably permissions if only root gets mail.
If it does, check your aliases file (probably /etc/mail/aliases) - this account may have its mail aliased to root by default.
Look at the mail itself - has it been encapulated in an error response?
Look at the file where the user's mail would be delivered (often /var/mail/(username). Does it exist? Arethe permissions readable by the user? What does it contain? If it's there and empty try deleting it to force the system to recreate it.
Report back what you get - more clues are still needed.
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