Re: [cobalt-users] e-mail to all users

[Sebastian Döll <seb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

big thx.

we should creat a faq for such problems.

cu

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Beth's Lists" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] e-mail to all users


> There might be a better way to do this, but here goes:
>
> First create a list of all the users on the machine (from /etc/passwd):
>
> cut -d: -f1 /etc/passwd > /root/userlist
>
> Then edit the userlist file (if you want) to take out things such as
> root
> bin
> daemon
> adm
> lp
> sync
>
> Then add an entry to /etc/aliases like
>
> allusers:       :include:/root/userlist
>
> And run the newaliases command.
>
> Then send out your email, addressing it to yourself, being sure that you
> blind carbon copy allusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  This will prevent the list
of
> users from seeing each others addresses, and from using the alias in a
reply
> or other mail (which would allow them to send mail to all the other
users).
>
> I usually comment out the allusers line in aliases when I'm through, just
in
> case someone tries to send mail to that address.  I don't want anyone
being
> able to send mail to all my users.
>
> I hope that helps.  If there is a better way, please let me know.
>
> Thanks,
> Beth
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sebastian Döll" <seb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 8:22 AM
> Subject: [cobalt-users] e-mail to all users
>
>
> > hi,
> >
> > how can i send a e-mail to all users
> > of my raq2?
> > i know the option of a mailinglist,
> > but not all users are in a list.
> >
> > cu
> >
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> > GlobalNetwork.project . . . . . . .
> > Sebastian Döll . Projektmanager/Webmaster
> > W.- Shakespeare Str. 26
> > 99425 Weimar . Germany
> > phone:  +49 3643 - 53256  .  fax: -854412
> > mobile: +49 177 - 7644627
> > mailto:seb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > -+-There is a difference between
> > knowing the path and walking the path-+-
> >
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