TRANSFER Programming Manual

Distribution List Name Examples
Naming TRANSFER Objects
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Using Correspondent
Names
for Distribution Lists
You can use correspondent names as an aid in naming distribution lists. As an
example, you could create a correspondent called LIST to help identify public
distribution lists. This would indicate to accessors that they were indeed accessing a
distribution list; it would also help them recall the correct way to reference the list by
requiring them to remember only the distribution list name. Examples would be:
LIST.SALESMAN
LIST.MAILER @LA
Distribution List Name
Examples
In the following examples of distribution list names, the first name is the name of an
individual correspondent; the last two names are names of distribution lists,
illustrating the concept of nested lists. All the names in these examples are fully
qualified.
MY-LIST a list with the simple name MY-LIST
SMITH-BOB.SALES a list containing the correspondent
names of all local salespeople
originated by a correspondent
identified as SMITH-BOB
JAMES-DON.SALES @ NY a list containing the correspondent
names of all salespeople working in
the New York office
RAND-MARY.SALES @ CHI a list containing the correspondent
names of all salespeople working in
the Chicago office
JAMES-DON.SALES @ CHI a list containing the following
distribution list names:
SALES-MANAGER @ NY
JAMES-DON.SALES @ NY
RAND-MARY.SALES @ CHI
Any correspondent who knows the name of a list can use that list. The members of a
list need not all be located at the same node. If a list contains the names of other lists,
as in the previous example, those lists need not have been created by the same
correspondent.