NEC 750370 Differences between Named and Numbered Groups

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Issue 3 EliteMail VMS/EliteMail Limited
Last Contacted
This field displays the date and time the member of the group last
received a group message. If the Last Contacted field is blank, the
member has not received the most recent group message. Or, if
every member Last Contacted field is blank, either th ere is no group
message to listen to, or a group message was just sent, and no one
has listened to it yet.
Differences between Named and Numbered Groups
The system can use either named message groups or numbered message
groups. A message group nam e o r num ber i s s tored in t he Name fi eld on
the Groups Screen. It is usually easiest for subscribers that create and
select groups by telephone if message groups have either na med or
numbered fields, rather than both.
Unlike System IDs, message group names or numbers do not have to be
unique.
If the system uses the Numbers Only keypad map, you can use only
numbered message groups.
Named Message Groups
With named message groups, each message group name should
start with three letters. For example:
All Sales People
Tec hnical Support
Subscribers send a message to the gr oup by spe lling the f irst three
letters of the group name on the teleph one keypad.
Numbered Message Groups
With numbered message groups, each message group name should
start with a three-digit number (
e.g. , 645 All Sales People or 625
Technical Support).
You should not use the system wildcard digit (0 or 1) in a message
group number. Using the wildcard digit makes it harder for subscribers
to select the group.