*alias: :include:/list/of/members/in/a/file* So in the included file is it just one recipient per line or ?
Thanks again, John On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Viktor Dukhovni <[email protected] > wrote: > On Fri, Nov 07, 2014 at 12:05:03PM -0600, John Hascall wrote: > > > THANK YOU! > > Note, however, that expansion of long local aliases can be very > fragile. If you list "$myorigin" in "mydestination", the delivery > to all the users needs to succeed, or all are retried again if even > one delivery fails (mailbox over quota, ...). > > It is far better with long aliases to use indirect delivery: > > alias: :include:/list/of/members/in/a/file > > This form is always delivered indirectly, with a new queue file > for the expanded list of recipients. > > If your user accounts are not "local" ($myorigin is not listed > in $mydestination) and aliases are only uses for lists: > > mylist: user1, ..., userN, continue-1@localhost > continue-1: ..., continue-2@localhost > continue-2: ... > > then delivery to the users is automatically indirect, but the > continuations are processed recursively, and there is no problem. > > However, with large lists you also REALLY SHOULD have an "owner" > alias: > > owner-mylist: someone > > Finally, I recommend handling list expansion via virtual(5) not > aliases(5). As much as possible, use aliases(5) only for pipes to > commands and ":include:". > > -- > Viktor. >
