SUMMARY: Local Email distribution

From: Rubens Mau (rmaster@dialdata.com.br)
Date: Tue Jul 15 1997 - 06:40:33 CDT


Thanks to all the answers I got.

It seems that the best solution is to define a list , using majordomo, to
distribute mail to local users.

Rubens Mau
info@dialdata.com.br

ORIGINAL QUESTION
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I want to deliver messages to all my local users ( more than 7000 ). How
can I do that with the miminum load on my machine ? I am using Solaris 2.4

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ANSWER 1:

If your system uses POP3, you might want to check out qpopper from
ftp://ftp.eudora.com/eudora/servers/unix/popper/

qpopper can send bulletins to all POP3 users just by placing a file
in a directory - minimal load.

Paul.
pgregg@tibus.net http://www.tibus.net/
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ANSWER 2:

   I know your subject line says "email", but if you want to send a message to
   all users, have you considered something like a local newsgroup? Or even an
   older package like "notes"?

   If you're interested in minimum-load mail delivery, check out
   http://www.qmail.com/
Karl Vogel vogelke@c17.wpafb.af.mil
ASC/YCOA, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433 937-255-3688
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ANSWER 3 :

Since each user has a directory in /usr/home,

cd /usr/home
foreach x (*)
  cat mailmessage.txt | mail -s "this is the message subject" $x
end

give that one a shot...

             ---Jeffrey Meltzer---
             meltzer@villagenet.com
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ANSWER 4:

using a list server (majordomo, listserv, etc.).

Juan Nicolas Ruiz
nicolas@ing.ula.ve
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ANSWER 5:

You might consider /etc/motd so they get the message when they log
in.

Russell Weeks rweeks@math.usu.edu
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ANSWER 6:

a) put it on the local web or news server
b) create a new user and give everyone permissions to read it's mail

Michael Pavlov
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