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I have been using mutt for my e-mail for quite some time now. I tried to install a bug-tracking system but it sends an e-mail confirmation for the login to the local user (i.e. root@localhost).

How can I have the local e-mail routed so I see it in my mutt inbox?

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  • Note that the specifics of the answer to this question depends on the MDA (e.g. procmail) and MTA (e.g. Exim, Postfix) you have installed, not the MUA (i.e. mutt).
    – Aristotle Pagaltzis
    Apr 27, 2013 at 22:21

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The solution is to add the file .forward on the home directory of root and add the other user name in the first line.

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To forward root's email to some other local user (e.g. me), you can put the following line in the /etc/aliases/ file:

root: me

When you open Mutt as me, it will check me's mailbox. If for some reason me's mailbox is in a non-standard location (e.g. ~/my_local_mail), then when you launch Mutt, you will need to tell Mutt the mailbox's location:

mutt -f ~/my_local_mail
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