My suggestion to Ipswitch, even before 5 was in beta testing, was to do this
via the web administration interface. I still do not trust an alias so we do
this with the command line. The only problem is our data center is 2 miles
from our office. Not very convenient to say the least.
Sheldon
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 1999 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] mailall.exe question
> As I said, I will only BCC: to the alias and I plan on making it VERY
non-mnemonic - something along the line of "rkfp4ewqo9ap" or something like
that. If I ever do accidentally send directly to the alias, I'll just
delete it and create another.
>
> Andrew
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "## Dusty Carden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 22:53:27 -0500
>
> >Would you not be concerned about someone, even if by mistake sending
> e-mail to this alias and accidentally broadcasting messages to all your
> users?
> This happened to me with a list not long ago. A Spammer managed to
> hit the list as well as a good number of aliases with his spew. This
> actually
> resulted in user thinking we were the ones sending the SPAM.
>
> Dusty
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Andrew Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 1999 10:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] mailall.exe question
>
>
> > OK, figured out my own answer. I want to use mailall.exe instead of a
> list to ensure an up-to-date mailing, but want to hide the address from
the
> recipients so THEY can't use it. I need it as an alias so I can perform
> these mailings remotely if need be. I'm going to BCC: the mailall.exe
alias
> and fill the To: field with a nonexistent address that still sounds
> descriptive, such as "hitter-team".
> >
> > Andrew Cook
> >
> > ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> > From: "Andrew Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 15:23:38 EDT
> >
> > >I currently maintain a mailing list of all users for all-user mailings
by
> using makelist.exe. This list is restricted by owner for sending. I
would
> like to switch to an alias for mailall.exe, but I notice it shows the
alias
> it is mailed to. Is there either a way I can restrict who can send to
this
> alias OR a way to change the "To:" field? I see the CLI has options for
> "From:" and "Subject:". Ipswitch? Maybe in 5.06?
> >
> > Andrew Cook
> >
> >
>
>
>
