Distribution Lists/Contacts

[MikeBarone]

There was not a FAQ for sendmail, sorry if this is redundant.

Is there any way to emulate the MS Exchange Server contacts and distribution list management using sendmail add-ons?

-JYD

 

[sisiro]

Contacts can be managed client side, such as Netscape Address Book. Distribution lists are called "mail aliases" in unix.

Become root.
Open /etc/aliasesfile, and add the alias name in the left hand side, and the list members to the right hand side of the colon. Eg:

tech-group: a, b, c, d@hotmail.com, e@netscape.net

Save the file, and then run the command "newaliases" which rebuilds the alias database.

Suppose someone sends a mail to tech-group@yourdomain.com, it will be
distributed to users a, b, c in your domain and to d@hotmail.com and e@netscape.net

You may need to mention the subdomain name of the machine also, in case that is not your primary mail server. Such as tech-group@servername.subdomain.yourdomain.com.