The administrator defines using the Administrator CoS which users can send broadcast messages. If the administrator has activated the system broadcast message feature using the Administrator CoS for you, you can use the system broadcast message feature to send a message or an announcement to all local users. The system broadcast message is available to the user only on the TUI and not while using IMAP4 within Microsoft Outlook. Hence, Messaging does not send any notification to the user for the system broadcast message. Broadcast messages do not light the MWI on the user's desk phone.
You can only have one broadcast message at a time. If you want to send another broadcast message, the second message overwrites the first broadcast message. Recipients of a broadcast message can only access the most recent broadcast message at any given time. If a user does not log in and access a broadcast message, and you send another broadcast message, the users do not hear the first broadcast message.
As the system broadcast messages typically provide information related to system administration for a cluster of application servers, the system broadcast message is available even when Messaging is operating during an offline mode.
The administrator typically activates the system broadcast message feature to a limited number of users within the organization.
Messaging also provides the following full-featured distribution lists:
Enhanced List Application. See Enhanced List Application.
Personal Lists. See Personal Lists.
Message Networking Enterprise Lists. See Enterprise Lists.