Set Up Local Email Forwarding

1. Log into the server, and switch to the root user.

   sudo su -

• Run the following command to add an alias to all mail destined for the root user so that it will instead get sent to the cloud_user account:

  echo "root: cloud_user" >> /etc/aliases

Run the following command to re-generate a new /etc/aliases.db file so that your new email alias rule gets registered:

newaliases

Generate an email to test your new forwarding rule. You can use the following command to send a copy of the /etc/services file as an email attachment, along with the subject line "Just Testing" to the local 'cloud_user' account:

mail -s "Just Testing" -a "/etc/services" cloud_user@localhost < /dev/null

We are using a null message body, as we are just checking for the attachment.

Go back to the 'cloud_user' account, and run the mail command to view the cloud_user's email message:

mail

The message sent from the root user should be in the list. Press the number corresponding to the message (typically '1') and then press enter. After you have finished reviewing the message (you can press the spacebar to scroll through the attachment), press the Q key to close the message, then press the D key at the ampersand (&) prompt to delete the message. Finally, press the Q key to quit out of the mail application.