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From: schwartz@roke.cse.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.user-friendly,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.aux,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: xargs and alias commands
Date: 29 Aug 1994 05:47:50 GMT
Organization: Penn State Comp Sci & Eng
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In-reply-to: brewer@hamlet.umd.edu's message of 28 Aug 1994 13:02:57 -0400

brewer@hamlet.umd.edu (Peter Brewer) writes:
   The only REAL alternative for REALLY LARGE networks would be that
   software from Udel or Upa that never caught on.

You are thinking of pmdf.  And your conclusion is wrong: zmailer is a
fine alternative to sendmail, especially for really large sites.

Does this have anything to do with xargs anymore?