Many thanks to that replied to my request for help.
It would appear that the mailx program can send mail to more than one
username.
example:
# mailx -s "test" user1 user2 user3 user4_at_someother.domain user5
It is also possible to setup a mail distribution list in the mail.aliases
file.
example:
garage_night: mem1_at_isp.com,mem2_at_other.com,mem3_at_work.com
So, when anyone mailed to garage_night_at_hostname.com, each of the above
people would get the mail.
Don't forget to build a new copy of the mail database file.
/usr/sbin/newaliases
Netbackup 3.4 (Datacentre) problem with mail:-
After I switched on some debuging information it became clear why the mailx
program was failing. It put an extra '.' should be using , or a space
between the usernames.
Regards
Mark
On Fri, 18 May 2001, Mark Bowman wrote:
>Hi,
>I am using Tru64 Unix v5. It is possible to setup some sort mail
>Distribution list in /var/yp/src/mail.aliases ?
>
>I am using /usr/bin/mailx -s "hello from unix" username_at_host
>the mailx program only allows you send to one username!
>
>I have no control over the mailx application as it is being called from a
>Veritas Netbackup program, so I can't use another mail program.
>
>Regards
>
>Mark
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