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distribution list won't expand in mailx message
Hi,
I have a distribution list called /nisserver/sysadmin/user-alias-files/all_users. The contents of the file have the userid/usernames of the techs in my company. These userid/usernames in the file do not have the @abc.com appended to them. After I type the newaliases command the results look like this: nisserver# newaliases /etc/mail/aliases: 7 aliases, longest 71 bytes, 293 bytes total Below is the last lines of the /etc/mail/aliases file: ####################### # Local aliases below # ####################### sysadm: joe.schmoe@abc.com,frank.n.scents@abc.com all_users: :include:/nisserver/sysadmin/user-alias-files/all_users When I try to address an email to this list in Outlook like this: all_users@abc.com I get a "undeliverable" message from the system like so: From: System Administrator Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 11:29 AM To: all_users@abc.com Subject: Undeliverable:some text Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients. Subject: some text Sent: 12/16/2005 11:28 AM The following recipient(s) could not be reached: all_users@abc.com on 12/16/2005 11:29 AM Unable to expand a distribution list to deliver the message to its members. Try again or contact your system administrator. < abc.com #5.2.4> My question is: What is the "Unable to expand a distribution list" at the end of the message mean? And more importantly, how do I fix this? I'm a noob sysadmin, so layman's terms would be greatly appreciated. OS: Solaris 5.8 Platform: SunBlade 100. |
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Outlook will not know of the distribution list specified in a specific Unix server like what you specified ... try sending the mail to all_users@hostname.abc.com ...
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Sorry, I edited the mail message and left out the unix server name. Here is the correct returned message:
When I try to address an email to this list in Outlook like this: all_users@nisserver.abc.com I get a "undeliverable" message from the system like so: From: System Administrator Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 11:29 AM To: all_users@nisserver.abc.com Subject: Undeliverable:some text Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients. Subject: some text Sent: 12/16/2005 11:28 AM The following recipient(s) could not be reached: all_users@nisserver.abc.com on 12/16/2005 11:29 AM Unable to expand a distribution list to deliver the message to its members. Try again or contact your system administrator. < nisserver.abc.com #5.2.4> |
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there is a restriction noted in "man newaliases" that specifies aliases to be only about 1000 characters long --- could it be you're hitting this limit?
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Well, I gave up on the dist list.
Instead I wrote a script that extracted the first field of the passwd file, then sent my all_users message to the contents of the extracted file. Works like a charm. Thanks for your efforts. |
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