Large external email lists...

[binarynomad]

We have a need for large email lists that the management team need to send out to, for example: (investors@mycompany.com) which is a list of 100+ users, all of which have external email addresses.

As far as I can tell I have two options:

1) Create each and every investors email address as (internet users) in the scalix system, and then add them all to a investors group that I have created.

or

2) Edit the (/etc/aliases) file on the scalix server and add them all to an alias (investors: email, email, email, etc)

Is this correct? It seems much easier to maintain the (alias) version than the (group and internet user) version.

[ScalixSupport]

Hi. You don't have to create each investor as an Internet user (although I would imagine at some point you're going to be asked to do so). To add the names to a PDL without creating them as entries first use the following:

omaddpdln -l Investors -n ddv1=richie.rich@richindustries.com/ou1=internet -x

or just put:

ddv1=richie.rich@richindustries.com/ou1=internet
ddv1=gloria.glad@richindustries.com/ou1=internet
ddv1=richard.rich@richindustries.com/ou1=internet
ddv1=regina.rich@richindustries.com/ou1=internet

in a file such as "investors.txt" then type:

omaddpdln -l Investors -f investors.txt -x

Or, as you've said, you can add them to your /etc/aliases file.

Thanks,
Rachel