Topic Last Modified: 2008-11-18
You can add contacts from outside your organization to the address book.
To create a new external contact, follow these steps:
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Select My Organization > Users & Groups > External Contacts > New.
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Enter the following information:
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First name, Initial, Last name These fields aren't required and they don't appear in the address book.
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* Display name This name appears in the address book, on the To: and From: lines in e-mail, and in the External Contacts list in the Web management interface. It's required. You can enter the first and last name of the contact here too.
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* Alias An alias is used to identify the external contact. The contact's alias is required and is a unique identifier for this external contact in your organization.
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* External e-mail address Enter the outside e-mail account of the external contact here. It's required. E-mail sent to this contact is forwarded to this e-mail address.
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First name, Initial, Last name These fields aren't required and they don't appear in the address book.
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When you're finished, click Save.
What's next?
After you create an external contact, you can make changes and set additional properties by selecting the contact from the External Contacts list, and clicking Details. Here's how: Change External Contact Properties.
