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Modular Messaging features
November 2004
Avaya Modular Messaging Concepts and
Planning Guide
5-31
System lists
This topic provides information on the system lists that Modular
Messaging supports.
Modular Messaging—MSS Enhanced-List Application
Enhanced-List Application (ELA) is a messaging tool that greatly
expands the capability of the Modular Messaging—MSS system to
deliver messages to a large number of recipients. ELA associates one
mailbox to a list of members, so that when subscribers want to send a
message to the whole list, they can send a message to the list mailbox
instead.
When a new message is delivered into the list mailbox, known as the
shadow mailbox, the ELA software distributes the message to the
members of the list. ELA members can be local or remote subscribers or
arbitrary e-mail addresses, thus providing extreme flexibility. For
example, administrators can set up an ELA list for a suggestion box such
that, messages addressed to this list are distributed to the Modular
Messaging mailboxes of a set of subscribers and to one or more e-mail
addresses, for archiving or any other purpose.
Ordinarily, recipients receive the message as if it were sent by the
message originator. Recipients can reply to the person who originally sent
the message and to all recipients of the original message. However,
administrators can configure lists to block recipients from replying to
ELA senders or recipient lists. In such a case, the shadow mailbox must
belong to a community that cannot receive messages, but can send
messages to all other communities. For more information on sending
restrictions and communities, see Communities and sending restrictions
on page 5-29.
An ELA mailbox is just like any other mailbox, allowing such operations
as recording a name for the list, a greeting for the list, and allowing Call
Answer messages to be distributed via ELA. Like any other mailbox, an
ELA mailbox has a mailbox number, a numeric address, and a Modular
Messaging e-mail address. The actual addressing format used to send the
message to the list mailbox can be any addressing format that the relevant
interface (TUI or PC interface) supports.
Administrators of Modular Messaging—MSS can also administer a
remote mailbox with the e-mail address of a list, thus making Microsoft
Exchange and IBM Lotus Domino lists available via Modular
Messaging—MSS configurations.
A Modular Messaging—MSS system supports a maximum of 1,000 ELA
lists; each ELA list can have a maximum of 1,500 members. ELA lists
can be nested to create larger lists.