Not getting root's mail - Postfix

[Ian Zimmerman]

On 8/22/05, William O'Higgins Witteman <william.ohiggins-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Up until recently, I would get mail destined for root, presumably
> because in /etc/aliases I had lines like:
> 
> postmaster: $me
> root:       $me
> 
> Now, after a reinstall, but using the same configuration, I no longer
> get root's mail.  A visit to /var/log/mail.log shows me that mail for
> root is getting forwarded to my defined smarthost.  I'm using Postfix
> version 2.2.4-1.  Any have any ideas?

I use Exim not Postfix but:

does postmaster behave the same way?
Is "me" a real configuration variable or just your way of guarding
your privacy here?
if the former, what is it defined to?
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