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Date:      Wed, 18 Oct 2000 07:45:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Chris Dempsey <chrisdempsey@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Mailing Users
Message-ID:  <20001018144513.3892.qmail@web108.yahoomail.com>

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You could use a mail alias that coreesponds to a list
of all users, or you could use the shutdown command
with a long time delay.  This will send out periodic
messages regarding imminent downtime.  Try man
shutdown.


--- Colin Jack <colin@mainline.co.uk> wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
> 
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