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Folks - what naming conventions are used in your organization when creating DLs in the GAL? Thanks.

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Currently we use the following conventions. They sort very nice in the GAL.

For system Alerts

  • alert.xxx
  • alert.yyy

For inter department communications

  • team.tech
  • team.delivery

We have the generics that are exposed to the outside world

  • netops
  • accounting
  • abuse
  • security

For service accounts

  • svc_sql_cluster
  • svc_ops_mgr

For locations or offices

  • CompanyHQ
  • CompanySFO
  • CompanyRemoties
  • CompanyDallas
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Thomas, thanks for the answer. Why do you have system alerts and service accounts in the GAL or are they hidden? – eft May 15 '09 at 3:57
They are all hidden from the GAL, but I wanted to expand further what system has worked for me over and over. – Thomas Denton May 15 '09 at 15:09
ok thanks for the clarification – eft May 16 '09 at 15:41
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I like to start with a prefix of some sort so they sort nicely in the GAL perhaps '_GRP'. Then I try and work from the least specific to the most specific.

  • _GRP_Administration
  • _GRP_Fiscal
  • _GRP_IT
  • _GRP_IT_Operations
  • _GRP_IT_Web
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Thanks for the answer – eft May 12 '09 at 14:16
We do the prefix too gr_ops-project-dev (for dev) and gr_ops-project (for users) often gr_logs-project too – wizard Dec 3 '10 at 13:20
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