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Date:      Mon, 31 Aug 1998 08:23:02 +1200
From:      "Shane Cole" <shane.cole@staff.paradise.net.nz>
To:        "Jason McKay" <jasonm@barney.webace.com.au>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        <isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Sending Mail to All Users
Message-ID:  <00a501bdd453$fd06d760$069860cb@shane.paradise.net.nz>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980830174917.6214A-100000@barney.webace.com.au>

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What I do is add

all.users: :include:/etc/ftpchroot

to my /etc/aliases file and then mail to that (commenting it out once it has
finished).  With the way I run my system, /etc/ftpchroot has a copy of all
the usernames that are in /etc/passwd though.

Regards
Shane

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jason McKay
> Sent: Sunday, 30 August 1998 21:51
> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Sending Mail to All Users
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I urgently need to send a message to all users on my FreeBSD system.  I
> understand there is a way using aliases, and a script that makes up a
> listing of all users.
>
> How do I setup this up?
>
> Thanking in advance,
> Jason McKay.
>
>
>
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