VanLUG Email Archive
Alan Hodgson (im@witzend.nu)
Fri, 18 Dec 1998 16:52:33 -0800
On Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 04:01:24PM -0800, Curt Sampson wrote:
> sendmail $(awk -F: '$3 > 300 && $3 < 32000 { print $1; }' </etc/passwd) <<EOF
> From: So and So <so@so.so>
> To: Users of Blah System:;
> Subject: Important Notice
>
> This is the text of some sort of important
> notice or whatever I'm sending out.
> EOF
>
How many recipients can Sendmail take per session? I thought it
was less than 600 ....
> >...or even just append the message directly to everyone's mailboxes.
>
> If you know how to do proper mailbox locking, yes. I wouldn't bother.
>
Of course it would be a good idea to disable Sendmail and your POP
daemon while doing this ;)
-- There are only a few clues to go around, and the Internet is growing geometrically. I leave the math to you. - Scott Bradner
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