Subject: Aliases in Pine

From: [email-masked] (Chris)
Date: 20 Nov 1995 19:36:44 GMT

There's only one feature of elm that I miss in pine.  In elm, you could set up
an alias for a bunch of email addresses, compose a letter to that alias, and
elm would resolve it into everyone on the list before mailing it.

For example, I could set up an alias for one of my classes (let's call it junk)
and add the email addresses of everyone in my class to that alias.  Then, I
could send email to junk, and elm would expand it from the aliases and mail
it to everyone in the class.

Is there any way to do this in pine?

thanks,
chris
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From: Terry Ross <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 14:22:56 GMT

> Is there any way to do this in pine?

Here's how.  From the main menu, hit "A" for address.  Inside the address
menu, hit "S" to create a list.  You will be asked for a name for the list
(e.g., "Junk 101"), a nickname ("junk") and then you will be asked to
enter all the e-mail addresses for the list.  Save the list.  Now,
whenever you're sending e-mail to everybody in the list, just send it to
"junk" and Pine will expand "junk" and send the e-mail to everybody on the
list.

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 08:10:43 +0100 (MET)

hello all

is there a maximum number of recipients that I can add to a list?

I created a list with about 100 recipients and some didn't receive the 
mails. (pine-3.91 on SunOS 4.1.2)

greetings
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From: Ralf Wenzel <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 23:03:43 +0100

> Is there any way to do this in pine?

You can define a list in your addressbook(s), for more information read 
the help-text of the address-books...

Hope it helps

Bye.

	Ralf

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From: Terry Ross <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 10:02:40 -0500 (EST)

> mails. (pine-3.91 on SunOS 4.1.2)

I don't know the answer, so I have more questions. If there is a limit,
it's not mentioned in any of the help files.  Are the same people not
receiving the mail each time?  Are they the first or the last names on the
list?  I suppose you could split your list into two lists.  What is the
largest size list that people have used successfully? 

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> On Tue, 21 Nov 1995, Terry Ross wrote: > 

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From: Sven Guckes <[email-masked]>
Date: 28 Nov 1995 13:33:57 GMT

[email-masked] writes:
>I created a list with about 100 recipients and some didn't receive the mails.

I suppose Pine uses a string of a fixed size for an expanded alias.
Thus it certainly is limited.  ELM's limit is 5120 characters, btw.

I suggest you split up your group alias and send out the mail to the subgroups.

Sven
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