Individual contact records contain addresses of the service types supported with the CommuniGate Server . Group records are used to store sets of contacts. For example, you can create a group record containing individual records for all employees in the sales department. This allows you to send messages to all those employees without selecting them manually in the company main address book. Aliases are shortcuts to other records - individual contacts, groups, or other aliases.
Aliases simplify maintenance of large address books.
For example, if a contact should be placed in several groups or several address books, it is a good idea not to copy that contact record, but to use aliases to the original contact. Opening the Address Books Panel When you compose a message in the CommuniGator application, you can use the Recipients icon in the Mailer part of the message window to open the Address Books panel. The panel contains a pop-up menu indicating the name of the last opened address book and the list of records in that address book. The bottom part of the panel displays the service type icon and the address entry field. The Group records are marked with the triangle icon.