Communication Types Maintenance

Communication types are used to identify the kinds of communications and their usual methods of distribution.

The following communication examples would be set up with their own communication types and notification (distribution) methods:

your organisation's magazine with a postal notification method
request for donations with a mixed notification method including postal and email.

Use the General tab to maintain:

Communication Types Maintenance - General tab key fields and buttons

Grid area fields

Field	Description
Type Code	Unique code to identify the communication type.
Description	Description of the communication type.

Fields

Field	Description
Type Code	Unique identifier for the type of communication.
Description	Description of the communication.
Notify Method	Default method for notifying the community members, if required. For example, notification can be via: home, occupation or postal address default, home or occupation email address default, occupation or personal SMS number no notification. The available notification methods are maintained in the luNotifyMethod lookup table. See luNotifyMethod lookup table in the System maintenance manual.
From	Name of the person sending the communication.
Sender Email	Email address of the person sending the communication.
CC Email	Email addresses of other people in your organisation who will also receive this communication.

Buttons

Button	Description
	Maintain the default email notification layout for the communication type. This can be loaded into communications of this type. See Maintaining email and SMS notification layouts.
	Add a new communication type.
	Delete the highlighted communication type.
	Rename the communication type.

Last modified: 5/03/2013 3:43:54 PM