[news.sysadmin] A Question about the SYS file

barnett@crdgw1.crd.ge.com (Bruce G. Barnett) (04/26/89)

In article <KARL.89Apr14093520@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu>, karl@triceratops (Karl Kleinpaste) writes:

>staff:world,cis.staff::/usr/lib/sendmail -i staff-mail
>
>(It's for those who prefer staff news in their mail.)

I don't understand. I don't know what the -i option means to sendmail.
It isn't documented in the Appendix A (Command Line Options)
or on the manual page.

Assuming the -i option is correct, are endless loops prevented?
That is, in /usr/lib/aliases there are:
	staff-list: u1,u2, u3, staff-poster
	staff-poster:"|/usr/lib/news/recnews cis.staff"
Will this work as a news/mailing list, with all
mail sent to staff-list being posted, and all new articles posted to
cis.staff mailed to u1, u2 and u3?

Since I'm asking, what is the best way to take a
large mailing list, and
	1) send articles to a local newsgroup
	2) send articles to a local mailing list
AND have replies and followup postings work properly?

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