root mail issue

[Pete]

Drew Marshall wrote:

> Pete wrote:
>
>> Drew Marshall wrote:
>>
>>> Pete wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sorry for the poor subject i cant think of a better one.
>>>> My problem is small - i have a Freebsd, postfix, mailscanner,
>>>> mailwatch
>>>> server - all local mail generated form things like cron jobs and
>>>> system
>>>> type messages addressed to "root" are always sent to "root at myfqdn"
>>>> which
>>>> means the root messages all end up skewing my mail stats.
>>>>
>>>> I know its minor, but on previous mailscanner systems all mail to root
>>>> was sent as localhopst mail not generating entries in the maillog.
>>>>
>>>> I tried to create an alias
>>>> root:   root at localhost
>>>> but still all mail is sent to root at myfqdn
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In main.cf change myorigin to be $myhostname from $mydomain. All mail
>>> submitted locally (I.e not through SMTP will  now come from host.fq.dn
>>>
>>> Job done!
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Pete
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> In line with our policy, this message has
>>> been scanned for viruses and dangerous
>>> content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
>>> www.themarshalls.co.uk/policy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> But these still appear in the maillog and still count as email in the
>> email stats, they have added 600 to the total count for today - do to a
>> failing cvs cron job - i would prefer not to add these to the message
>> count for the day...just deliver to root and not appear on the mailwatch
>> stat and pflogsumm stats.....
>
>
> Ahh I see. Well don't put them through MailScanner. Just change your
> header_checks file to read
>
> /^Received:(.*)by host\.domain\.com\.au \(Postfix\)/   HOLD
>
> Or what ever your host name is. This will then only hold SMTP delivered
> mail and just allow loacally submitted stuff through by-passing MS.
> Obviously only do this is you don't have anything other than system mail
> being sent as direct injection (As against SMTP).
>
> --
> In line with our policy, this message has
> been scanned for viruses and dangerous
> content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
> www.themarshalls.co.uk/policy
>
>
>
Thanks so much! Fixed perfectly!
What a great tip!

Thanks - i really appreciate it!
Pete