postfix config - root not receiving mail, but others are

[Polytropon]

On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 17:02:10 -0600, Dale Scott wrote:
> Hi, I'm building a self-contained proof-of-concept, and configuring Postfix
> in place of Sendmail. I'm using Mutt on the command line view mail sent by
> the local web apps to the users (step #2 will be providing IMAP/POP3 access
> via Dovecot). Just using Mutt, it seems root can email local users, and
> local users can email each other, but local users can't email root - or at
> least mail to root isn't received.
> 
> Any ideas? Where might I have gone wrong? Fwiw, I have *not* set an alias
> for root in /etc/mail/aliases, on the basis that all mail to root needs to
> end up in root's Maildir

What does

	# sendmail -bv root

say? Is root's mailbox present in /var/mail? Can root
properly execute "mail -f" (local mailbox /root/mbox)?


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