AIX 5.2.2 Problem with newaliases

[TG1]

Aix box with 5.2 ML2 and I'm trying to set up an alias fo rroot . I do this on a number of other servers already.

I added the following to /etc/aliases:
# re-route mail to system admin
root: sysadmin
sysadmin: jones@test.com
then I ran #newaliases

If I send mail to root, I don't see any errors but it doesn't get aliased and sent. I type:
mail -v root or mail -v sysadmin and it looks sucessful but I don't see "jones" in the "to" output.

When I can send mail to jones@test.com and it works finewith :
mail -v jones@test.com

Any ideas?

 

[hirschaj]

For local aliases wouldn't you use the /etc/mail/aliases file?


Jim Hirschauer

http://www.aixexpert.com

 

[ogniemi]

I'm not sure but there is a rule in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf saying to deliver mail localy for desired accounts and root is there specified.