All desktops and servers on it are running OpenSUSE 13.2.
I have ONE mailserver on the LAN that handles inound & outbound mail, and imap for all desktop users.
All of the desktop users’ desktop mail CLIENTS are configured to use the mail server.
I want all system messages on all desktops, that would normally go to local “root@” or “user@” mail accounts, to be always and only be sent to a “admin@mymailserver.com” address, on my mail server.
If I can help it, I don’t want ANY of the desktops to have any ‘full-blown’ mail SERVER software on them – no Postfix, no EXIM, no Sendmail. Something smaller, less-capable, and simpler is the goal.
What can I minimally install on the desktops to ONLY send ALL local system mail to the “admin@mymailserver.com” address?
> If I can help it, I don’t want ANY of the desktops to have any
> ‘full-blown’ mail SERVER software on them – no Postfix, no EXIM, no
> Sendmail. Something smaller, less-capable, and simpler is the goal.
The system is prepared and expects to have postfix or sendmail
installed, listening only on 127. There have been talks of setting up
something simpler, but I have never seen it, and no change in the distro.
> What can I minimally install on the desktops to ONLY send ALL local
> system mail to the “admin@mymailserver.com” address?
File “/etc/aliases” sets the redirect for root to a local user. Then you
could use /etc/postfix/generic to redirect that. Or create a
“/root/.forward” file.