Public Vs. Personal Address Lists; Distribution Lists - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - DISTRIBUTION LISTS Manual

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Groups, and Organizational Roles
Distribution lists are specific to GroupWise. Groups and organizational roles are eDirectory
objects that can be configured to work with GroupWise.
Distribution lists, groups, and organizational roles are all sets of users and (optionally) resources that
can be addressed as a single entity. When a GroupWise user addresses an item (message,
appointment, task, or note) to a distribution list, group, or organizational role, each user or resource
that is a member receives the item if he or she has a GroupWise account.
The following sections provide information to help you learn about distribution lists, groups, and
organizational roles:
Section 17.1, "Public vs. Personal Address Lists," on page 277
Section 17.2, "Distribution Lists," on page 277
Section 17.3, "eDirectory Groups and Organizational Roles," on page 278

17.1 Public vs. Personal Address Lists

Distribution lists and groups are public address lists, meaning that they are administrator-defined
lists available to all users in your GroupWise system.
If users want to create personal address lists, they can create personal groups in the GroupWise
client. When a user creates personal groups, the groups are saved in his or her mailbox and are
available for use only by that user. They cannot be shared by, or transferred to, other users.
If a user wants to send to all users in a particular post office or domain, he or she can use wildcard
addressing, if it has been enabled. See

17.2 Distribution Lists

A distribution list is specific to GroupWise. It is a public address list that you, as the GroupWise
administrator, can create to facilitate easier addressing within your GroupWise system. Distribution
lists can only contain users that have GroupWise accounts.
Each distribution list you want to create must be added as a Distribution List object in eDirectory.
The name that you give the Distribution List object becomes the name by which the distribution list
is displayed in the GroupWise Address Book.
Distribution List objects can be located in any eDirectory container that is in the same tree as the
distribution list's domain.
Because a distribution list is an addressable entity, you must assign it to a post office when you
create it. This ensures that the distribution list has a standard GroupWise address
(distribution_list_name.post_office.domain).
Regardless of the distribution list's post office, all GroupWise users can use the distribution list
when addressing a message.
Section 6.7, "Enabling Wildcard Addressing," on page
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