mailx send one e-mail

[Senthilkumaran.T]

Hi,

I have created the following entries in the /etc/mail/aliases file. When I use the "mailx senthil < /etc/passwd" command it send the email to the xyz@hp.com e-mail address. It did not send the e-mail to the first person. How do I create the froup e-mail so that it can send to all the uers

Entries in the /etc/mail/aliases file:
senthil : abc@hp.com
senthil : xyz@hp.com


Regards
Senthil

[Stefan Farrelly · Accepted solution]

If you want an alias to go to multiple email addresses you need the following format;

senthil : abc@hp.com,zyx@hp.com

(all one line - not 2 entries as you have)

[Thierry Poels_1]

Hi,

just put the recipients on the same line divided by commas in the /etc/mail/aliases file:

senthil : abc@hp.com,xyz@hp.com

(and execute newaliases after the modification off course)

good luck,
Thierry.

[Fred Martin_1]

FYI, the entries can be on more than one line. Just be sure there are commas after each entry except the last one....

boys : john, harry,
tom, larry
girls : june, elaine, linda,
barb

We do this because we have many names in some aliases, but still want the file to print easily without wrapping etc. so don't like long lines.

Fred

[Rich Wright]

... or put the list of recipiants into a file and use an alias file entry like this.
test_mail: :include:/etc/mail/test.list

This can be easier to maintain when using multiple lists.

[Arockia Jegan]

Hi,

Whenever you send mails by using alias, it will refer the last alias if the /etc/mail/aliases file has more than one alias entries.

So you should change it to,
senthil:abc@hp.com,xyz@hp.com

This will send e-mails to both users.