jennifer@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Jennifer Schlickbernd) (08/01/90)
I'd like to set up a simple mailing list using the dist command for mh. The man pages mention that there can be a file named distcomp but show no example of that file. Could someone post or mail such an example? I'm expecting from 10-30 people on the mailing list if that matters. Thanks for any help. -- Jennifer Schlickbernd (Lorini) Jet Propulsion Laboratory jennifer@jato.jpl.nasa.gov or elroy!jato!jennifer@csvax.caltech.edu CIS: 72466,3413 Voice:(818) 354-8617 "Great leaders are rare, so I'm following myself."
jdpeek@RODAN.ACS.SYR.EDU (Jerry Peek) (08/01/90)
> I'd like to set up a simple mailing list using the dist command for mh. > The man pages mention that there can be a file named distcomp but show > no example of that file. Could someone post or mail such an example? > I'm expecting from 10-30 people on the mailing list if that matters. The dist command is for re-sending a single existing message. A lot of people use the "forw -digest" command instead. It can even keep track of volume and issue numbers -- very nice. If you do want to use dist, you might want to make a special distcomps-type file that has the mailing list addresses built into it. For instance, you could make a file named "distlist" that looks like this: Resent-To: joe@somewhere, jane@someplaceelse, judy@bigmachine, kelly@whatever, ......., ........, ........., etc@etc, andso@on Resent-Fcc: listcopies Resent-Note: ------- Put that file in your MH directory (which is usually named "Mail"). It automatically addresses your message to the people in the "resent-to" line, and puts a copy in the folder named "listcopies". It prompts you for a one-line note, too, which you can leave blank. To distribute the current message to your list, you just type: % dist -form distlist You can't type any text after the row of ------ when you use "dist". If you want an empty distcomps file anyhow, it looks like this: Resent-to: Resent-cc: ------- You can add "resent-fcc:", "resent-bcc:", and "resent-note:" lines to it. Put the file in your MH directory. The prompter(1) manual page has more information. --Jerry Peek; Syracuse University Academic Computing Services; Syracuse, NY jdpeek@rodan.acs.syr.edu, JDPEEK@SUNRISE.BITNET +1 315 443-3995