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Re: How to set up a mailing list (was Re: Headers)

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From: Andy S Poling
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1990 15:43
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In article <4281@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> I write:
>In article <COMPOSER.90Feb18112322@bucsf.bu.edu> composer@cs.bu.edu writes:
>>[Note: I'm posting this since it may also be of use to others.]
>[...]
>>	mailing-list: "|/usr/lib/sendmail -odq -oi -fmailing-list-request mailing-list-inbox"
>[...]
>>	# the "real" list of people to send to ..
>>	mailing-list-inbox: :include:/some/path/to/some/file-inbox
>
>Jeff provides a well thought out kludge here. :-) Unfortunately, it relies
>upon a feature no longer available in sendmail: being able to "include"
>other files in the alias file.

I was mistaken.  As Jeff was kind enough to point out, including is still
available for aliases.

It didn't work here, and when I heard it wasn't available anymore, I
believed it without RTFC.

Sorry,

-Andy
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!jhunix!andy
From: andy@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Andy S Poling)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Re: How to set up a mailing list (was Re: Headers)
Summary: wrong, wrong, wrong...
Keywords: Oops
Message-ID: <4299@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 21 Feb 90 15:43:56 GMT
References: <2009@milton.acs.washington.edu> <COMPOSER.90Feb18112322@bucsf.bu.edu> <4281@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
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