Subject: Whole system address book

From: [email-masked] (Bryan Logan)
Date: 22 Apr 1997 12:33:54 GMT

Is there a simple way I can create an address book that has every user
from the password file in it?

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From: John McNulty <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 16:55:28 +0100

DearOldDad wrote:
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> Bryan Logan ([email-masked]) wrote:
> : Is there a simple way I can create an address book that has every user
> : from the password file in it?
> 
> Well, it isn't 'simple' but it can be done.  Now it sounds to me as if
> your making either a bomb or a spam sandwich.  Now why do you want to send
> a message to every user on your system?

Indeed.  If there's a need to mail everyone on the system, then the sysadmin
should provide a mail alias for the purpose.  

John
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From: Christopher Hicks <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 02:38:28 -0400 (EDT)

> should provide a mail alias for the purpose.  

And my first thought was: maybe he is the administrator!

</chris>

Any chance of those paper cups and string being upgraded to tin cans
and wire?  Or as a coworker has said . . . I've seen better throughput
from a pair of gorillas and flash cards.   -Jon Lewis <[email-masked]>

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From: John McNulty <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 23:31:48 +0100

> And my first thought was: maybe he is the administrator!

In which case, he's in dire need of some training, or a good admin book.
Plus a Bible, so he can pray every night that nothing nasty happens to
his system until he learns how to manage it properly.

John

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From: [email-masked] (DearOldDad)
Date: 23 Apr 1997 03:31:15 GMT