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From: torsten@daimi.aau.dk (Torsten B. Hagemann)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Alias Question
Keywords: Alias, Group Aliases, How to do it?
Message-ID: <1991Jun3.135003.9447@daimi.aau.dk>
Date: 3 Jun 91 13:50:03 GMT
References: <1991May23.195339.12172@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> <1991May24.133722.25548@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <743@groucho.ocpt.ccur.com>
Sender: torsten@daimi.aau.dk (Torsten B. Hagemann)
Organization: DAIMI: Computer Science Department, Aarhus University, Denmark
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bixenman@groucho.ocpt.ccur.com (news admin) writes:

>In article <1991May24.133722.25548@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, knodel@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Jeffrey H Knodel) writes:
>> In article <1991May23.195339.12172@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> gonzalm@prism.cs.orst.edu (Mario Gonzales) writes:
>> :Hi I would like to know how to set up an alias for say 40 people in
>> :elm.  When I try to set up my alias it only gives me one line to 
>> :type all the addresses and I need more lines to type all the names in.
>> biggroup = My big group = biggroup1 biggroup2 biggroup3 ... biggroupN
>> biggroup1 = part one = <member list>
>> biggroup2 = part two = <member list>
>> biggroup3 = part three = <member list>
>> ...
>> alias biggroupN = part N = <member list>
> Shouldn't that be: biggroup1 = blabla 
>                       ...
>                    biggroupN = blablabla
> and then           biggroup = biggroup1 ... biggroupN

> The entries for the alias must be defined prior to it's use in a group alias.

Why not use an editor, where it is possible to exceed a line. Make your very
long alias, quit editor, give the system-command newalias and then enter elm.

/Torsten