On 1/25/22 12:53 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> 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.
>
> Try it out. Just edit an /etc/aliases into existence, and you'll likely find it works if your system handles its own email.
>
> -- hendrik
>
>> I just use the tools in the computering universe so far - - - have
>> barely begun anything any deeper. (Starting with hardware - - -
>> putting together stuff for control and now starting for sensors.)
>>
>> TIA
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And, if you are like me and occasionally neglect to rtfm,

don't forget to run newaliases every time you change /etc/aliases.

Per man 8 newaliases.


Regards,

Ken