Be sure to use "tail /var/log/mail.log (or maillog)" to see if the mail was accepted.

Also if you are sending everything to root, you can specify a new root alias in the /etc/aliases for another email address.  Be sure you run "newaliases" afterwards for sendmail.


On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Robert Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> wrote:
On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 07:17:04AM -0700, Lisa Kachold wrote:
> Robert,
>
> Test your mail on the server via command line:
>
> sudo sendmail -d yourname@yourdom.com
>
> enter some text.
> hit ". ."
>
> Use your terminal up/down keys to see if the mail was delivered.  Check
> your mail.  Did you get it?
>
> Check your installation:
>
> command rkhunter --configfile /etc/rkhunter.conf --report-warnings-only
> --checkall
>
> Update the checksums database :command rkhunter --propupdate
>
> Update the threats database (the update is done weekly afterwards) :
>
> command rkhunter --update
>
> The command below is run daily. Its results are send by e-mail to the root
> user if a problem appear. Run it once to check that everything is setted up
> right :
>
> command rkhunter --configfile /etc/rkhunter.conf --report-warnings-only
> --checkall

Thanks. I'll check this out later and report.

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