[svlug] sendmail alias question

[Robert Hajime Lanning]

There isn't anything in sendmail to do what you are asking.  What you
need is a list manager (majordomo, listserv, mailman...)
For these they have an alias that pipes to a program/script the email.
The program/script examines the email and sends it on to the list if
allowed.  Usualy the program/script will also rewrite/add some headers.


---- As written by Gordon Vrololjak:
> 
> Hello,
> I have another sendmail question.  We have a mailing list of 150+ active
> users in our laboratory and need to send announcements out
> periodically.  I've got the alias working, have it sourcing a file, but I
> don't want people to be able to reply to the alias
> itself: emlstaff at wilfred.berkeley.edu.  Otherwise there may be random
> messages bouncing amongst everyone.  I want the mail to the alias to go
> out internally from our server only.  I also have another small alias that
> I would like anyone to be able to send to, on the same computer.
> 
> I have it set up as the following in the /etc/aliases file:
> emlusers:  ":include:/etc/mail/lists/emlusers"
> owner-emlusers: eml-request
> eml-request:    vrdoljak at uclink.berkeley.edu   
> 
> I couldn't find anything specific to this part of aliases in sendmail and
> was wondering if anyone knew, or where I could look.
> Gordon.
> 
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