Nortel Networks Broadcast Server warranty The Distribution List Membership Page

Chapter 7 Distribution List Management

The Distribution List Membership Page

A shared distribution list will also have a link titled Edit user permissions

–allowing you to link to the Distribution List User Permissions page where you can select the Broadcast Server users who can send alerts to the distribution list.

Note You cannot change the name of an automatically created distribution list, nor can you modify the recipients.

Note If you are not the system administrator, Broadcast Server will allow you to view details of a distribution list including recipients and user permissions (if any) even if you are not the owner of the list. You will not however be able to change information of a list you do not own.

The Distribution List Membership Page

This page contains two columns showing on the left side the current members of the distribution list and, on the right, those that are not.

In addition to containing subscribers, a distribution list can also contain other distribution lists. This makes it possible for you to “nest” lists within each other. By nesting distribution lists you can customize alert delivery to your needs. For instance you can create distribution lists for Eastern Seaboard locations in your organization (say New York, Boston, and Miami), and then place those distribution lists into a “super” distribution list named East Coast. You can then go further by placing the East Coast

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