mailx

[Joe Profaizer]

How do I send an mailx to a group of users? I presume there is a file that I insert email addresses into, then specify the filename somewhere in the mailx command.

Thanks

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Joe:

Try this:

for WHO in user1 user2 user3
do
mailx -s "hello there!" $WHO < /etc/hosts
done

...This would mail the /etc/hosts file to user1, user2 and user3 (the list). The subject of the mailing would read "hello there!".

...JRF...

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Hi Joe:
You need to create (or append to) the aliases file
- by default /etc/mail/aliases

Man aliases for the complete format details; it gives you everything you need.

Clay

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

Sorry Joe I signed off too quickly,
you then use the alias (or aliases) in place of the address argument in the mailx command.
Man mailx for those details.

Clay