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The distribution list membership page – Nortel Networks Broadcast Server User Manual

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Broadcast Server User Guide

Chapter 7

Distribution List Management

The Distribution List Membership Page

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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