We use PF's (Public Folders) with "Alert" scripts that notify a selected group of a new entry. (I tweaked a script I found on CDO Live.)
This works well because when many persons receive a message via DL, everyone thinks "the other guy" will take care of it and frequently no one does. It was also a pain to all members trying to track down who did. With PF's the person who takes care of it moves it to a sub folder so that everyone can see it has been dealt with. My 2¢ worth... -----Original Message----- From: Smith, Ronni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 10:57 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Opinions on distribution list vs. public discussion folder vs . m ailbox We use distribution lists for things kinda sorta like that. But they use it for additional things as well which only work on a distribution list basis. Plus, we are a very small company so the GAL is very small. We preface all distribution lists with a particular set of characters so they are all together and then users can slide straight to or past them as required. hth Ronni > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Helfer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 7:59 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Opinions on distribution list vs. public discussion > folder vs. > m ailbox > > > > A user came to me with a request to set up a new GAL > Distribution list for > the members of a commitee, for the purpose of having a place > that other > employees can e-mail questions and have them addressed by > members of the > commitee (it's a CAD Standards commitee, and people have been > using the > excuse that they don't know who to ask when they have > questions about the > proper rules). > > I'm wondering if it wouldn't be better to set up a public > folder that > people could post to, or just have a single mailbox that > would be monitored > by whomever is interested? Or is a DL the best solution for this? > > I guess what I am worried about is a flood of people > wanting me to create > Public distribution lists for every comittee or project. > Besides being a > bit of a hassle to maintain the proper membership, we only > have about 100 > "real mailboxes" in the GAL now, and it might be confusing > for people if > there are so many distribution lists mixed in there. > > Just wondering how other people handle this. I know the answer is > "however management thinks best serves the business needs of the > organization", but the boss is going to ask me the best way > to set this up. > > Thanks for any ideas > > Jim Helfer > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
