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> this is not possible with 4000 users ? can i use this with bcc
> option ?
or we modify the line:
mail -s "All users" `awk -F: '$4 == <group_no> { print $1 }' \
/etc/passwd` < /path/to/msg.txt
where <group_no> is the number of the user group you wish to send the
mail to =)
> thanks,
> dwen
> [e-liam] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
> "I've got to stop smiling, it gives the wrong impression"
>
> On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, A. M. Varon wrote:
>
> > > How do i send mail to all users ?
> >
> > No need to be complicated:
> >
> > mail -s "To all lusers." `awk -F: '{print $1}' /etc/passwd` < mesg.txt
> >
> > where the mesg.txt is a text file containing the body of your message. you
> > still have to contend with sending mail to non-users like bin, sys,
> > etc. which is a minor inconvinience.
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