System emails and subdomains

[Toucan]

If I add a subdomain of mysub.mydomain.com , is it possible to send emails to a subdomain if and mx record is created for it?

me@mysub.subdomain.com ?


When I log in as root through a shell, debian lenny reports "You have mail". What is the easiest way to read this mail?


Thanks

David

[till]

If I add a subdomain of mysub.mydomain.com , is it possible to send emails to a subdomain if and mx record is created for it?

Sure, you can receiuve emails with any domain or subdomain. Just add ist as maildomain and create mailboxe for it.

When I log in as root through a shell, debian lenny reports "You have mail". What is the easiest way to read this mail?

you can e.g. use a commandline mail client like elm which access the mailbox file directly.

[Toucan]

Thanks Till

I had some difficulty installing elm so in the end I installed mutt using aptitude.

It worked a treat - seemed the system emails were reports from rkhunter.

Thanks

David