Hi Jason,
> Is it possible to email every user on a raq? I think I read this was
> possible once but i cant remember how or where i read it!
Yeah, that's possible. However, before you do this, be sure to read all the
instructions and especially the important recommendation at the very end:
Create a user on the primary website and give it a name that's not so easy to
guess. In my example below I name it "mailall", but I DO NOT recommend to
name it that way as there is the real possibility of abuse here that can
direly harm your business.
Then run this command:
RaQ3 and RaQ4:
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ls -Al /home/spool/mail/* | gawk {'print "\\"$9'} | sed
's~/home/spool/mail/~~'> /home/sites/home/users/mailall/.forward
(All in one line and you'd need to correct the path for the forward file so
that the forward file is written to the home directory of the "mailall" user
that you created for this purpose).
RaQ550:
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ls -Al /home/sites/*/users/*/mbox | gawk {'print "\\"$9'} | sed 's~/mbox~~' |
sed 's~/home/sites/.*/~~' > /home/sites/home/users/mailall/.forward
(All in one line and you'd need to correct the path for the forward file so
that the forward file is written to the home directory of the "mailall" user
that you created for this purpose).
What the command does:
It reads the directory (or directories on the RaQ550) where the mailbox files
for your users are located and it finds out what mailboxes exist in there. It
then creates a .forward file in /home/sites/home/users/mailall/ with a list
of all mailbox owners.
When you then send an email to user "mailall" on your server, then
the .forward file will make sure that the mail is forwarded to ALL users that
exist on the server.
IMPORTANT recommendation:
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1.) When you use this method, put the address "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" into
the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) recipient box so that recipients do NOT see the
"mailall" email address.
2.) Once you sent the mail to all users, delete the .forward file (!!!). You
do NOT want that anyone else than you can send mail to all your users in one
go. Imagine a competitor or spammer sending an email to that address. Or one
customer sending mail to the address and all other users then also get that
mail.
So use this one with great care and remove the "mailall"-user and/or
the .forward file as soon as you are done with your mailing run.
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With best regards,
Michael Stauber
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