Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!cs.yale.edu!Anselmo-Ed From: Anselmo-Ed@cs.yale.edu (Ed Anselmo) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: REVISED: How do I send e-mail to lots of users at a remote unix site? Message-ID: Date: 31 May 90 23:40:33 GMT References: <900531093335.30e0f102@Csa2.LBL.Gov> <1990May31.171127.11615@iwarp.intel.com> <16907@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> Sender: news@cs.yale.edu Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158 Lines: 15 In-reply-to: subbarao@phoenix.Princeton.EDU's message of 31 May 90 20:32:19 GMT >>>>> On 31 May 90 20:32:19 GMT, subbarao@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kartik Subbarao) said: >Write postmaster@at.that.site. Tell him/her that you are looking for >an alias that people that want general announcements are on. Kartik> Isn't mailing msgs@hostname the standard thing to do when you Kartik> want all of the people on the site to see your message? In a word -- No. Like the man said, ask the postmaster at the site for an alias suitable for general announcements. Better yet, ask if there's a mail alias that will be gatewayed into a local newsgroup. -- Ed Anselmo anselmo-ed@cs.yale.edu {harvard,decvax}!yale!anselmo-ed