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Chapter 14 Configuring Distribution Lists
Public Distribution Lists
– Other distribution lists
– Blind addresses
Specify the location ID and extension of the blind address. The system verifies the location ID
and the extension length.Members—Distribution lists can comprise a variety of members: local
subscribers, remote subscribers, blind addresses, GDMs, groups, and other lists.
A public list member can be another public list but may not be a private list.
A private list member can be any public list and may be another private list owned by the same
subscriber.
When a subscriber addresses a voice message to a public or private distribution list, the system
verifies that the list has members. If the list is empty, the system plays a prompt indicating that
the list contains no members and does not allow the list to be used as a recipient of the message.
• Recursive distribution lists are permitted. For example, list A can be a member of list B, and list B
can be a member of list A.
• The system generates a special public distribution list, the everyone list, which contains all the local
subscribers. It does not contain the local groups, GDMs, and other lists. You cannot add to or delete
members from this list, assign an owner to this list, or delete this list.
• Each list must have a unique name or number.
Valid names have a maximum of 64 characters and include the letters A to Z, a to z, digits 0 to 9,
underscore (_), dot (.), and dash (-). Names must start with a letter. Spaces are not allowed.
• The owner of a public or private distribution list can record a spoken name for the list using the TUI.
Recording or uploading the spoken name cannot be done through the GUI or CLI.
The everyone public list has a default spoken name. An administrator can change this name using
the TUI.
• If a local or remote subscriber is deleted from the system, the subscriber is no longer a member or
owner (in the case of local subscribers) of any public or private distribution list on the system. The
system deletes all private lists owned by the deleted local subscriber. If the local subscriber was the
sole owner of a public distribution list, the Administrators group assumes ownership of that list.
This same rules apply to the removal of a group, except that the system does not delete any private
lists.
• Access to remote distribution lists—A local subscriber cannot modify a remote distribution list and
cannot use a remote distribution list as the recipient of a voice message.
Public Distribution Lists
All local subscribers of the system can use a public distribution list to address their voice-mail messages.
Use the Cisco Unity Express graphical user interface (GUI), telephone user interface (TUI), or
command-line interface (CLI) to create and manage public distribution lists.
Table 14-1 describes the features of a public distribution list.