Hi,

Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> writes:

> On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 05:43:44AM -0600, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 3:02 AM Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng
>> <dng@???> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> writes:
>> >
>> > > On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 07:29:27PM +0100, Florian Zieboll via Dng wrote:
>> > >> On January 21, 2022 7:15:06 PM GMT+01:00, o1bigtenor via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
>> > >> > Greetings
>> > >> >
>> > >> > For a non-profit - - - this is not bulk email for sales - - - - bulk
>> > >> > email for connection.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Is there a linux program (foss hopefully) that will allow me to do this?
>> > >> >
>> > >> > (Sending regualr emails to a group of people (from 15 to 50 recipients).)
>> > >>
>> > >> With LibreOffice you can send personalized bulk mail. IIRC it was
>> > >> quite annoying to set up, but once done, it worked.
>> > >
>> > > I just use /etc/aliases
>> >
>> > That was my first reaction too ;-)
>>
>> OK - - - I'm not a programmer in any shape way or form.
>> My guess would be when using /etc/aliases - - - - that's some
>> form of bash programming? using awk or ?????
>>
>> Please advise? (purdy (sic) please.
>
> It's a list ot aliases.
>
> mom : alice@???
>
> tells that mail for mom is to be sent to alice@???
>
> anglers: john@???, alain@???
>
> tells it that mail for anglers is to be sent to john@??? and also to alain@???
>
> And that's about all there is to it. entries in a line of
> destinations can refer to other alias lines, but there's a onstraint
> as to which has to come first.

Details about the file format can be found at

https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/opensmtpd/aliases.5.en.html

> Try it out. Just edit an /etc/aliases into existence, and you'll
> likely find it works if your system handles its own email.

It does assume though that your mail software delivers through your
system's sendmail alternative or, if not, pays attention to that file.
Not sure if things like thunderbird (and libreoffice :-o!) do.

Hope this helps,
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