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From: elw@netxcom.DHL.COM (Edwin Wiles)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Forwarding Mail to a Group of Users
Summary: Sounds like Xenix to me....
Keywords: mail elm
Message-ID: <7508@netxcom.DHL.COM>
Date: 31 Aug 90 17:29:01 GMT
References: <156@vlink01.UUCP> <12855@netcom.UUCP>
Organization: NetExpress Communications Inc,. Vienna, VA.
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In article <156@vlink01.UUCP> steve@vlink01.UUCP (8780 Vlink) writes:
>Could someone answer a simple question for me?
>
>I would like to make up "an alias" that would forward to several
>people as a "forwarding alias".
>
>For example:
>	falias name = people
>	people = john sue frank henry joe
>
>Mail would come into machine!people and would be forwarded to
>john, sue, frank, heny joe.
>
>I tried to put this into faliases but it would only forward to the
>first name.

I tried to send Email, and it didn't work, so since someone else is
interested, I'll post it.

"faliases" (and the fact you're posting here) makes me think that
you're using stock SCO Xenix, with the Elm mailer, and without
anything like "smail" or "sendmail".

If this is the case, then you want to put your aliases into the
"/usr/lib/mail/aliases" file; not "faliases".

"faliases" is used ONLY for forwarding mail for ONE user to a new
location.  It is recommended for cases where a particular user used
to be on this machine, and moved to another.  It is intended to be
temporary.

"aliases" is for more permanent aliases, and group aliases such as
what you want to do.

"maliases" is for *machine* aliases, which help you send mail to a
given machine.

If you have the manpages, look for "aliases" in the M section, and
"aliashash" in the ADM section.

				Enjoy!
					Edwin.