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Re: sendmail alias 'feature'

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Shutko)
Sun Nov 10 14:28:57 1996

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From: Alan Shutko <ats@wydo125.wustl.edu>
Date: 10 Nov 1996 12:15:38 -0600
In-Reply-To: Tim Hockin's message of Sun, 10 Nov 1996 11:43:45 -0600 (CST)
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>>>>> "TH" == Tim Hockin <thockin@eagle.ais.net> writes:

TH> I guess this is either something I never noticed....  when
TH> expanding a sendmail alias (sendmail -v -bv user) that contains
TH> me, I am not listed (whoever ME is..)

TH> eg: expanding root lists all root recipents, except whoever is
TH> doing the expansion....

TH> when did this happen? and is there any way to override it?

Look for this line in /etc/sendmail.cf and uncomment it:

# send to me too, even in an alias expansion?
#O MeToo



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Alan Shutko <ats@hubert.wustl.edu> - The Few, the Proud, the Remaining.
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