one of the first things I do on a new box is setting up /etc/aliases to send all mail to root to my e-mail address. about alerting, I use the simple (and old b

one of the first things I do on a new box is setting up /etc/aliases to send all mail to root to my e-mail address. about alerting, I use the simple (and old but has all you need) logsentry also sometimes called logcheck.