I had this problem too, and what I did was define an account for operator
and root (in /etc/aliases):
# Well-known aliases -- these should be filled in!
root:           admin
operator:       admin

Then you run 'newaliases' to let sendmail know these changes have
happened.

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On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Tommy Smith wrote:

> Hi, 
> 
> I have a proxy on my network (90.0.0.3). ftp and telnet works fine, but howto send emails?  Sendmail seams to be missing a somewhat "aliases" file.  What kind of information should be put in this file?
> 
> Are there any other files that has to be changed?
> 
> thanks for help!
> 
> ...Tommy
>