Create a user with a username, or group with a group name, of "-".
Create another one with a name of "0". That way if this happens again
Remedy will interpret it as the group or user by that name and only
attempt to notify that group/user instead of all users.

Chad Hall  
(501) 342-2650


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Subject: Re: Argh! email engine just spamed all users!

Don't use a 0 either.  Same thing happened to me a few years ago.

Kyle

Matthew Wollman wrote:
> **
> My Help Desk install just sent resolution notifications to all the 
> users on the user form because the email address listed was just a 
> hyphen! How can I prevent this in the future? what are other wildcards

> that should not be put in the email field?
>  
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> Matthew L. Wollman
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Kyle Whitley
IT System Support Professional
Office of Information and Instructional Technology (OIIT)
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia

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