Ssmtp root alias doesn’t work

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my ssmtp doesn't change "To" from 'root' to my email.

In my ssmtp.conf I have: root=servers@latina.com

In debug output I found only one difference between working and not working commands:

working command: echo "body" | mail -s "test" servers@latina.com

debug output:

Feb 16 13:28:20 deb1-sh sSMTP[21160]: To: servers@latina.com

not working command: echo "body" | mail -s "test" root

debug output:

Feb 16 13:27:21 deb1-sh sSMTP[21151]: To: root

According to this post:http://possiblelossofprecision.net/?p=591 I tried to add file /etc/mail.rc with following content:

alias root servers@latina.com

With no success.

I run debian jessie 8.3.

It looks like ssmtp root alias doesn't work. Has anybody idea why? Or how to solve this issue? Thank you.

Best Answer

As I understand it, the root configuration setting for sSMTP is only used for local accounts so should be set to a username that’s valid for the local host. It’s not an alias like those used by other more fully-featured MTAs (which can be used to forward mail to another domain).

The comments in my /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf state

(5) root

If sSMTP finds an unqualified e-mail address among the recipients, and it corresponds to a username on your local machine with a userid less than 1000, then the e-mail is sent to this value instead. The idea is that mail sent to 'root' should probably go to 'postmaster' instead.

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