Re: Mailing to all users

On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Timothy J Luoma wrote:

>       Author: Administrator <wwwteam(_at_)sansua(_dot_)upb(_dot_)edu(_dot_)co>
>       Date:   Thu, 16 Jul 1998 09:34:36 -0500 (EST)
>       ID:     
> <Pine(_dot_)LNX(_dot_)3(_dot_)93(_dot_)980716092959(_dot_)14064A-100000(_at_)sansua(_dot_)upb(_dot_)edu(_dot_)co>
>
> > How can I use procmail to send a message to all users ?
> >
> > I have a file with the list of users and another with the message.
> You don't need procmail for this:
>
> Assuming your list of names is like this (ie /tmp/list)
>
> jim
> joe
> betty
>
> and your message is in an ascii file (ie /tmp/message)
>
> all you would need is this:
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> USERS=/tmp/list
>
> MESSAGE=/tmp/message
>
> for i in `cat $USERS`
> do
>
>       Mail -s "Your Subject Line Here" $i < $MESSAGE
>       
> done
>
>
> However, it would be much more efficient to not call sendmail all those  
> times, just make it one long line:
>
> Mail -s "Your Subject Line Here" `cat /tmp/list` < /tmp/message
>
> TjL
>
>       

Hi.

I need to use procmail because I don't use "mail" as my local mail agent.
How can I do it ?

Hernan Sanchez