At 12:18 AM -0700 10/14/01, Pete Stephenson wrote:
>Is it possible to configure the router to do multiple tasks on a
>single piece of mail?
>
>i.e.: <sales> = salesman1, salesman2, supervisor
>
>Or perhaps this:
><sales> = salesman1
><sales> = salesman2
><sales> = supervisor
>
>I'm trying to avoid using a distribution list for this, and would
>prefer the router.

It doesn't currently do this.  The problem with doing this is that
each of those addresses would then need to be routed.  Imagine the
problems you could have if your router got misconfigured into a
circular, ever-expanding loop, such as:

<sales> = salesmen-east, salesmen-west, supervisors
<salesmen-east> = joe, mike, bill
<salesmen-west> = nancy, aj, mark
<supervisors> = herb, frank, sales

Don't get me wrong; I think that the capability would be great to have.
(One of the advantages would be that the "to <account>" information in
the header would be hidden, which has some very positive implications
for mailing lists.)  But there would have to be some extra intelligence
built into the router to prevent infinite loops like this, and somehow
I don't think that Stalker's profit margin on SIMS would cover the
development.  :)

What I really don't understand about your request is why you wouldn't
want to simply set up the "sales" account with "discard mail" and a
distribution list; it essentially does the same thing.



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