# Who is 'marc' and why is "he" an alias for root's mail?

**URL:** <https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/who-is-marc-and-why-is-he-an-alias-for-roots-mail/125066>\
**Category:** Webmin\
**Created:** [February 20, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/who-is-marc-and-why-is-he-an-alias-for-roots-mail/125066 "2024-02-20T22:49:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![vmin](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/f07891/32.png) [@vmin](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/vmin)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/who-is-marc-and-why-is-he-an-alias-for-roots-mail/125066/1 "2024-02-20T22:49:01Z")

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| Operating system | AlmaLinux 8.9 |
| --- | --- |
| Webmin version | 2.105 |
| Virtualmin version | 7.9.0 |

webmin \> servers \> postfix \> aliases \> root

by default there was an alias setup for root’s mail, “marc”

i thought maybe “marc” was some sort of alias for some default something-or-other until i started getting notifications of undelivered mail to “marc” (from CSF), so i removed it and now all seems fine

why was that there in the first place?

related:

- [How to forward emails to root to an email address? - Webmin - Virtualmin Community](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/how-to-forward-emails-to-root-to-an-email-address/27588/3)
- [What is root \> marc mail alias? - General Discussion - Virtualmin Community](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/what-is-root-marc-mail-alias/40781)

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**Author:** ![stefan1959](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@stefan1959](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/stefan1959)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/who-is-marc-and-why-is-he-an-alias-for-roots-mail/125066/2 "2024-02-20T23:06:36Z")

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I remember investigating that a few years back. Its nothing to do with Virtualmin.  
Here is why, it should of been disabled, it is in Rocky 9

> <https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/497882/who-is-marc-the-default-receiver-of-root-mail-in-etc-aliases>

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**Author:** ![vmin](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/f07891/32.png) [@vmin](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/vmin)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/who-is-marc-and-why-is-he-an-alias-for-roots-mail/125066/3 "2024-02-20T23:39:06Z")

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interesting - thanks @stefan1959

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**Author:** ![system](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cd96d761e326db4b2bef94886a639109bd7a8e76.svg) [@system](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/who-is-marc-and-why-is-he-an-alias-for-roots-mail/125066/4 "2024-02-28T23:40:01Z")

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Closed on February 28, 2024, 11:40pm UTC

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