OT: Use Thunderbird to pick up ROOT Mail?

[Karl Larsen]

Martin Marques wrote:
> Mike McCarty escribió:
>> I'd like to configure Thunderbird (and/or /root/.forward) so
>> that e-mail to root shows up in my INBOX, and a filter automatically
>> puts it into a Thunderbird folder (root). So far, I have not been
>> successful in this. I have Thunderbird pulling using POP from my
>> ISP. Anyone have advice?
>
> You'll need some kind of smtp to send the root mails to your mail 
> address on your ISP MTA. Then you will pull them out with all the 
> other mail you receive.
>
    It is much easier to just yum install pine and when done you open a 
root Terminal and with pine read the root mail. It is not very 
interesting to me.



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