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Asked: 2020-02-24 08:26:54 +0800 CST

Reconfigure root and postmaster mail recipient in Exim

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I installed Exim and mailutils (For receiving) for sending mails through PHP in Ubuntu. After I installed it, I ran the command dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config, I was asked to set the mail recipient for root and postmaster (I was in a rush). I entered root there (not sure if I made a typo). the next time I try to reconfigure Exim, I am not able to set that one setting. How can I set that setting again? Please let me know. I am not able to find the solution for this myself.

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  1. Best Answer

    Changing Exim aliases (postmaster,root)

    Check and modify /etc/aliases (text) file.

    Pretty standard procedure is to redirect:
    * postmaster to root
    * root to non privileged (non root) account of preson acting as root

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