Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 14:16:02 +0100 From: Daniel Bye <Daniel.Bye@uk.uu.net> To: 'Colin Jack' <colin@mainline.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Mailing Users Message-ID: <FB7CAC781DB6D311BEE800805FE6FADA2F4CBD@camexch4.cam.uk.internal>
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Yup, use wall, instead of e-mail. It flashes the users' terminal, and cat's a file out for them to read. man wall for more details. shutdown also sends broadcast messages to all logged-in users - a handy feature for scheduled reboots etc. Dan > -----Original Message----- > From: Colin Jack [mailto:colin@mainline.co.uk] > Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 2:17 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Mailing Users > > > I am a relative newbie to freebsd, so please bear with me. > > Is there a way that I can send an email to all users on a > server? The idea > is to warn everyone of downtime for maintenance, but with a couple of > hundred users .... there HAS to be an easy way :-) > > Thanks > > Colin > > Colin Jack > Webmaster - Mainline Internet > colin@mainline.co.uk > http://www.mainline.co.uk > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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