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I installed 

apt install chkrootkit

This seems to run a cron job every day in /etc/cron.daily/chkrootkit which unfortunately will send its output into nirvana

I also installed a minimal mail dma:

apt install ssmpt

where I configured my mailserver as relay.

mail is working like 

echo -e "Subject: Sent from a terminal\n\nHere the boidy | ssmtp receipient@email.de

But how do I setup chkrootkit so it sends an email?

rubo77
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Since chkrootkit runs as root, the emailed output is sent to root. Use a "mail alias" to have root's email delivered to you. Read man 5 aliases for details. On MY Ubuntu 16.04.05, MY /etc/aliases looks like: 

# See man 5 aliases for format
postmaster:    root
root:    walt

That is, all of postmaster's email is sent to root, and all of root's email is sent to ME.

You MUST execute the newaliases command after changing /etc/aliases to make your changes take effect.

waltinator
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