Send all local mail to a single external e-mail

I am trying to send all local mail to a single external e-mail, using Google's SMTP servers. Using Google's SMTP servers work, as I am able to send mail to external addresses work using mail from mailutils. The redirection of local mail to the external e-mail does not work. When sending a mail to root from my account test using: echo "Body" | mail -s "Test Postfix To Root" root * I never recieve the message * Nothing new turns up in /var/log/mail.err * This turns up in /var/log/mail.log

Sep  4 18:48:06 desktop1204test postfix/pickup: C9326EE26: uid=1000 from=
Sep  4 18:48:06 desktop1204test postfix/cleanup: C9326EE26: message-id=
Sep  4 18:48:06 desktop1204test postfix/qmgr: C9326EE26: from=, size=401, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Sep  4 18:48:06 desktop1204test postfix/local: C9326EE26: to=, orig_to=, relay=local, delay=0.03, delays=0.02/0/0/0, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to mailbox)
Sep  4 18:48:06 desktop1204test postfix/qmgr: C9326EE26: removed

My /etc/postfix/main.cf:

inet_interfaces = loopback-only
mynetworks = loopback-only
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
virtual_alias_domains = localhost.localdomain
virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual
relayhost = [smtp.gmail.com]:587
smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
smtp_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/cacert.pem
smtp_use_tls = yes

My etc/aliases: # See man 5 aliases for format postmaster: root My /etc/postfix/virtual: @localhost.localdomain someone@somewhere.com How can I get it working? I don't want any local mail to arrive locally, they should all go to someone@somewhere.com. -------------- I tried the solution suggested in a comment below: put *: someone@somewhere.com in /etc/aliases. But did not work: test@desktop1204test:~$ sudo newaliases test@desktop1204test:~$ cat /etc/aliases # See man 5 aliases for format postmaster: root *: someone@somewhere.com test@desktop1204test:~$ sudo newaliases test@desktop1204test:~$ sudo service postfix restart * Stopping Postfix Mail Transport Agent postfix [ OK ] * Starting Postfix Mail Transport Agent postfix [ OK ] test@desktop1204test:~$ echo "Body" | mail -s "Test Postfix To Root $(date)" root test@desktop1204test:~$ tail /var/log/mail.err test@desktop1204test:~$ tail /var/log/mail.log ...... Sep 4 22:46:12 desktop1204test postfix/master: daemon started -- version 2.9.6, configuration /etc/postfix Sep 4 22:46:23 desktop1204test postfix/pickup: 859AFF6A8: uid=1000 from= Sep 4 22:46:23 desktop1204test postfix/cleanup: 859AFF6A8: message-id= Sep 4 22:46:23 desktop1204test postfix/qmgr: 859AFF6A8: from=, size=431, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Sep 4 22:46:23 desktop1204test postfix/local: 859AFF6A8: to=, orig_to=, relay=local, delay=0.02, delays=0.02/0/0/0, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to mailbox) Sep 4 22:46:23 desktop1204test postfix/qmgr: 859AFF6A8: removed test@desktop1204test:~$