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Re: Big Mailing lists

#2357
From: Robert Frank
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 13:07
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In article <1993Jan11.190140.14889@cubetech.com>  writes:
> 
> I have a big problem...  the IXKit mailing list I maintain has gotten
> too large for sendmail to handle.  I have tried "daisy-chaining"
> aliases using both NetInfo aliases and sendmail aliases, and both
> produce the same results.
> 
> Please post or send me info on how to create large aliases...
> 
> 
> thanks in advance,
> andrew
> -- 
> andrew@cubetech.com      | "We cannot dwell in the time that is to come,
> Andrew Loewenstern       |  lest we lose our now for a phantom of our
> Cube Technologies, Inc.  |  own design." - Erendis
> 0000000701B61D1ADF0DFC9C16185CEA055200000007EB4A9FEB1922065D471A89E905B5

Try the undocumented include feature: (documented on suns ...)
(It works for Ultrix too, I'm just [right today] testing it on the NeXT)

The syntax for the aliases file:

     <alias-name>: :include:<path and file name>

In NetInfo add a new value with the syntax:

     :include:<path and file name>

where the values in <> are to be set appropriately. Then enter all the  
names/addresses, one per line, into the file specified by <path and file name>.

Sendmail will then parse the file - so you don't even need to rebuild the  
aliases when you make changes!

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Robert Frank                         tel. + (061) 321 99 67                 
Institut fuer Informatik             fax  + (061) 321 99 15                 
University of Basel, Switzerland                                            
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Message-ID: <1993Jan12.130721.6930@urz.unibas.ch>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!paladin.american.edu!news.univie.ac.at!chx400!urz.unibas.ch!lucy.ifi.unibas.ch!news
References: <1993Jan11.190140.14889@cubetech.com>

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Subject: Re: Big Mailing lists
Message-ID: <1993Jan12.130721.6930@urz.unibas.ch>
From: frank@ifi.unibas.ch (Robert Frank)
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 13:07:21 GMT
Reply-To: frank@ifi.unibas.ch
Sender: news@urz.unibas.ch (USENET News System)
References: <1993Jan11.190140.14889@cubetech.com>
Organization: Institut fuer Informatik
Nntp-Posting-Host: woodstock.ifi.unibas.ch
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