On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 08:29:01AM -0500, Ken Dibble wrote:
> 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.

I have a reminder in a comment in /etc/aliases

-- hendrik

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>
> Regards,
>
> Ken
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