Sending mail to a "Microsoft Outlook 2000" mailing list..

[Vinod Bhat_1]

Hi All--
I need to send a mail to a "Microsoft Outlook 2000" mailing list from
one of my back-end
C applications. Currently, I am using mailx and it works fine but only
for individuals. I tried using sendmail too but the weird thing is I am
not able to get any error. The mail apparently gets "sent" and never
reaches the exchange server. The mailing address I am using is the SMTP
address of the mailing/distribution list which can be seen in the
Outlook properties for that list.
any thoughts?
thanks--
Vinny.

[Brian K. Arnholt]

Hi Vinny,

I have a very imilar setup with a script that sends a log file from a cron job to a Public Folder in Outlook2000. I just use the same format as you would any other mailx command. My command is shown below, where "BURPData@ucm.com" is the SMTP address I get from the properties display in Outlook for the Public Folder I am sending data to:

mailx -s "Unit 1 BURP Report for $DATE " BURPData@ucm.com < /export/home/beacon/burp/unit1/burp.$CURR1


Make sure the Outlook address you send the mail to is the "SMTP" address, sometimes Exchange Administrators do not set up a SMTP address for every distribution list.

This mostly likely is a problem with the Outlook/Exchange side.

Hope this helps,

Brian