[clue-tech] local mass emailer

[Dave Price]

Not a standard, but it is really easy to set up exim to handle a
distribution list - which in it's simplest form is just a text file
with one address per line.

Assuming you can build/maintain such a file for all local users, then
you can send mail to it.

All I had to do to get this working was add this to the "Directors"
section of /etc/exim/exim.conf:
####
lists:
  driver = forwardfile
  domains = lists.mlc
  no_more
  file = /home/exim/$local_part
  no_check_local_user
  forbid_pipe
  forbid_file
  errors_to = postmaster
####

Lists are stored in /home/exim - must be chmod 700 and belong to the
exim user (mail in my case)

Then I just address mail to <filename>@lists.mlc ... change the
'domains' line so your address is whatever you want to use...

HTH

aloha,
dave



On 6/3/05, Angelo Bertolli <angelo at freeshell.org> wrote:
> Is there a command/program in Linux for emailing every user on the
> system?  In particular just using cat >> to their mailboxes won't work
> since it should obey .forward too.
> 
> Angelo
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