On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 11:36:01AM +0530, Dr. S.K. Singh wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I wish to copy a mail to all users of my server in one stroke
> without giving individual addresses. The server RH 5.2 and sendmail.
> Please let me know if it is posiible.
Yes, by creating a mailinglist.
Following is written as a TEMPLATE for giving you ideas, not *full*
step by step guide. Primarily because my system MTA isn't sendmail..
(but even with it the way is close like following.)
- You add following to your system ``aliases�� file:
all-users-list: :include:/path/to/all-users.list
(After doing edit of that file, remember to do ``newaliases'' command)
- And you create file /path/to/all-users.list following way:
cut -d: -f1 /etc/passwd > /path/to/all-users.list
(and you propably should weed out the first N pseudo-users in
the file -- root, daemon, ftp, etc..)
(but if you don't mind a few extra junk deliveries, no problem...)
- Send mail with following headers:
To: all-users:;
Bcc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ...
That "all-users:;" is special NON-ADDRESS format tag giving
information to users that some unnamed list has been used,
and that "To:" header does *not* contain real address at all.
(But because a "To:" header *must* exist at a message, ...)
The real delivery address is given at "Bcc:" header.
- Remove that list -- unless you want to repeat the posting at
some time..
> Thanks
> Dr. S. K. Singh, I/C ARIS Cell,
> CIRG, Makhdoom, Farah, Mathura
> 281122, India. Ph. 91-565-7-63334(R)
/Matti Aarnio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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