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Old 08-09-2004
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I store a list of mail ids in a .lis file
If you are using sendmail, then you can create a mail alias which includes this file. See man aliases for details.
# 9  
Old 08-10-2004
Thanks
Thanks Ygor, but am using mailx command.

Let me try to modify the program with your help....

beilstwh, thanks to you too...

but the mail ids may grow larger and larger... so i can not predict the number of characters...

Anyhow, i will try to use the work around suggested by you (perl).

Regards,

Shan
# 10  
Old 08-11-2004
I could be mistaken here, but this sounds like you're after the kernel ARG_MAX value.

From /etc/conf/cf.d/mtune:

* General Kernel Parameters ------------------
ARG_MAX 5120 1024 51200

Our /etc/conf/cf.d/stune has:

ARG_MAX 51200

Set your stune value and, as root, do an idbuild then reboot.

You'll have your [much] larger capacity
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