tran@versatc.UUCP (Tony Tran) (01/10/89)
How does one create a mailing list under elm2.1. such as:
r_d = R & D Group = hostname!user1, hostname!user2
I create an alias called r_d which consists of 2 users in
$HOME/.elm/aliases.text, run newalias, and everytime I send
mail to this alias, elm bombed out with the following message:
get_token calls nested greater than 20 deep!
Emergency Exit taken! All temp files intact!
Did I do something wrong ?
Tony Tran
PS I am running Elm2.1 PL1 on a SUN 3 running 3.4 OS with smail 2.5
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UUCP: {sun|ames|pyramid|vsi1|leadsv}!versatc!tran Tony Tran
Versatec, 2805 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, Calif 95051 (408)982-4317ayf@cbnews.ATT.COM (avi.y.feldblum) (01/10/89)
In article <11151@versatc.UUCP> tran@versatc.UUCP (Tony Tran) writes: >How does one create a mailing list under elm2.1. such as: >r_d = R & D Group = hostname!user1, hostname!user2 Read the Alias Users Guide :-) (Really, it is quite well explained there). Section two describes group aliases. The format is: aliasname list = groupname = list of people wher the "lst of people" is in the same foat as the aliasname list. So for your example you would want: joe = Joe's name = hostname!user1 jane = Jane's name = hostname!user2 r_d = R & D Group = joe, jane Avi Feldblum ayf@pruxe.att.com
monts%quicksilver@Sun.COM (Mike Monts) (01/10/89)
In article <11151@versatc.UUCP> tran@versatc.UUCP (Tony Tran) writes: > >How does one create a mailing list under elm2.1. such as: > >r_d = R & D Group = hostname!user1, hostname!user2 > >Tony Tran >UUCP: {sun|ames|pyramid|vsi1|leadsv}!versatc!tran Tony Tran >Versatec, 2805 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, Calif 95051 (408)982-4317 Tony, You first have to create individual aliases for each person, and then create the line for the mailing list. i.e. jim = Jim Smith = Jim@fubar joe = Joe Smith = joe@barfu >r_d = R & D Group = jim,joe
syd@dsinc.UUCP (Syd Weinstein) (01/10/89)
In article <11151@versatc.UUCP> tran@versatc.UUCP (Tony Tran) writes: > >How does one create a mailing list under elm2.1. such as: > >r_d = R & D Group = hostname!user1, hostname!user2 > >I create an alias called r_d which consists of 2 users in >$HOME/.elm/aliases.text, run newalias, and everytime I send >mail to this alias, elm bombed out. Did I do something wrong ? Yes you did, to paraphrase the Elm Alias Guide, a mailing list must only consist of local names or prior elm aliases. What you did was to put unexpanded names into the mailing list. The proper way is to state: u_1 = User 1 Alias = hostname !user1 u_2 = User 2 Alias = hostname !user2 r_d = R & D Group = u_1, u_2 But even this needs a warning. Berkley mail specs can cause ELm to expand the & in R & D group to the capitalized login in name of the user. Either turn off that feature in the code, or don't use &'s. -- ===================================================================== Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP Elm Coordinator Datacomp Systems, Inc. Voice: (215) 947-9900 {allegra,bpa,vu-vlsi}!dsinc!syd FAX: (215) 938-0235