[turba] What do you call ... contact lists

[Michael Rubinsky]

I would vote for either Contact List or Distribution List.  I would 
probably lean more towards Distribution List, as I consistently hear users 
refer to the entire address book as a contact list...

Mike

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> Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 10:55:48 -0400
> From: Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck at horde.org>
> Subject: [turba] What do you call ... contact lists
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> We currently use a bunch of different terms for contact lists. So, what
> do folks think the (english translation, obviously, other translations
> can have their own arguments ;) term should be? Popular options seem to
> be:
>
> Contact List
> Distribution List
> List
> Group
>
> Group has the potential to be confused with Horde Groups. Otherwise I
> lean towards Contact List, but for no particular reason (although it
> does seem like they're useful for more than Distribution, making me
> lean away from that one). Mainly I just want to settle on one term so
> we can be consistent. Thoughts?
>
> -chuck
>
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> Quincy Adams
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