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Chapter 14 Configuring Distribution Lists
Configuring Public Distribution Lists
Configuring Public Distribution Lists
Use this procedure to create or modify public distribution lists.
Note Use the TUI or GUI to create private distribution lists. No CLI commands are available for private 
distribution lists.
Beginning in release 3.2, you can add nonsubscribers to distribution lists. This enables the delivery of 
voice messages to people who do not have a mailbox on the system by using a single address to reference 
a list of addresses when sending the message. By using this single aggregated address, a subscriber can 
send a single message to all the recipients included in the distribution list. 
When nonsubscriber numbers are submitted for addition to a distribution list, they are checked against 
the nonsubscriber restriction table. If a nonsubscriber address is restricted, it is not added to the 
distribution list. If you change a restriction table after a list has been created, the system does not 
revalidate distribution lists. Instead, distribution lists are revalidated when they is used to send outgoing 
mail to nonsubscriber addresses and any addresses that are restricted are removed from the list of 
recipients. In addition, there is no change in the way the existing system sends the message. The system 
still checks the nonsubscriber restriction table before sending a message to a nonsubscriber, future 
message queues, a backup restore, and so on.
Creating distribution lists Created and deleted by the subscriber 
using TUI menus.
Implicit list creation is available for 
both public and private lists. If a 
subscriber tries to add a member to a 
nonexistent list, the system creates 
the list and adds the member to it. If 
a subscriber tries to record the 
spoken name for a nonexistent list, 
the system creates the list and records 
the spoken name. In both cases, the 
subscriber hears a prompt stating that 
a new list was created.
Created by the system.
No TUI options are available for 
subscribers to create or delete 
distribution lists.
Removing members of a 
list
The subscriber removes a list 
member by name or extension, 
similar to the dial-by-name and 
extension flow for addressing voice 
messages.
The system assigns a sequence of 
numbers to the list members’ 
names and extensions. The 
subscriber presses the sequence 
number to remove the member.
Adding private lists to 
another list
A private list may be added to 
another private list owned by the 
same subscriber.
Not permitted.
Table 14-3 Differences Between Cisco Unity Express and Cisco Unity Distribution Lists 
Feature Cisco Unity Express Implementation Cisco Unity Implementation










