hi eugene... here's a collection of various mailing list stuff...
http://www.Linux-Consulting.com/Majordomo/Majordomo.Utilities.txt - i think( wild ass guess) that you'd need to write your own script to expand the "list" individually into "hi ${firsname}" ... and pipe it to sendmail... no biggieee - the guy doing BSD users group has it working...doing what you are saying www.svbug.org have fun alvin http://wwww.Linux-1U.net ... 500Gb Raid5 in 1U ... On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Eugene van Zyl wrote: > Hi, > > What mailing list software is availble under GPL that will expand the name of > each subscribed user from a specified argument variable in an email sent by > the list moderator/administrator or general users? > > i.e. I want to send an email to the list as follows: > > Hi ${firstname}, > ... > > and the subscribed user (me) should recieve: > > Hi Eugene, > ... > > I've taken a look at most of the common (SmartList, Majordomo) ones but their > docs don't seem to indicate anything of this nature? > > Thanks, > Eugene van Zyl > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >