Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site hou3c.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!Margolin@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA From: Margolin@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA (Barry Margolin) Newsgroups: net.mail.headers Subject: Re: Distribution lists Message-ID: <840917214620.110302@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA> Date: Mon, 17-Sep-84 17:46:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hou3c.841 Posted: Mon Sep 17 17:46:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Oct-84 02:07:46 EDT Sender: ka@hou3c.UUCP (Kenneth Almquist) Lines: 8 To: Larry PetersonCc: header-people@MIT-MC.ARPA, jpm@BNL.ARPA In-Reply-To: Message of 17 Sep 84 11:59 EDT from "Larry Peterson" Larry Peterson's response is not apropos to the question. jpm specifically asked for a mechanism that did not require updating the central alias file when a user creates a personal mailing list. It sounds like your sendmail mechanism doesn't fit the bill. The only advantage that indirection provides is that the user doesn't have to modify the alias file to modify the mailing list. However, that isn't what he asked for. barmar