Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!elroy!spl1!quintro!kts From: kts@quintro.UUCP (Kenneth T. Smelcer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: Re: UNIX Mail/Sendmail and Distribution lists Message-ID: <180@quintro.UUCP> Date: 9 Aug 88 06:04:12 GMT References: <8808021844.AA00672@loki.edsg> Reply-To: kts@quintro.UUCP (Kenneth T. Smelcer) Organization: none Lines: 23 In article <8808021844.AA00672@loki.edsg> mcdonald%loki.edsg@UMIX.CC.UMICH.EDU (louis mcdonald) writes: >I have a question about using distribution lists in >UNIX mail (mail/sendmail). > >I have a list of about 20 people (addresses) in a file. > >I would like to send mail to all of them via this file. > Mail has a built-in command called 'alias' which will do this. You set it up by creating a '.mailrc' file in your home directory, and add a line like the following: alias users john mary susan roy This will assign the user names the identifier 'users', so all you have to do is 'mail users'. The user names can be any valid mail path, including bang paths or internet style addresses. For more info, type 'man mail'. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ken Smelcer Quintron Corporation - Quincy, Il. UUCP: {elroy,lll-winken,laidbak}!spl1!quintro!kts or uunet!wucs1!wuibc!quintro!kts