A distribution list is a collection of contacts, both public and personal, and web office members. Distribution lists allow you to send email to multiple people at one time. Distribution lists are useful when you have to email a group of people on a regular basis, for example, departments, clubs, family members, and so on.
Your web office can have several types of distribution lists:
Public distribution lists: Public distribution lists are created by an administrator and are available for all web office members to use. Public distribution lists have an email address associated with them that can be used by people outside of your web office.
Global distribution lists: Like public distribution lists, global distribution lists are created by an administrator and are available for all web office members to use. Unlike public distribution lists, however, global distribution lists do not have an associated email and cannot receive messages from people outside of your web office.
Personal distribution lists: Personal distribution lists are created by individual members and are available for use only by the member that created them. Personal distribution lists do not have an email address associated with them.
All three types of distribution
list appear in the Address Book.
You can recognize personal distribution lists because they have this icon
beside them.
If you delete a contact or member, or edit a contact or member's email address, your changes are automatically reflected in any distribution lists to which that contact or member belongs.