## Policy Information List

This property page defines the types of personal information that are displayed in contact properties in the Messenger client for all users (if this is the default policy) or for the users you select on the Used By property page of this policy.

The contact information displayed in the Messenger client is obtained from attributes on Novell® eDirectoryTM User objects. The Information List page initially displays eDirectory attribute names. If you are using LDAP access to eDirectory, you must list LDAP attributes rather than eDirectory attributes in those cases where the attribute names are not the same for eDirectory and LDAP.

After you change information on the Information List page of the Default Policy object, you must restart the Messenger agents in order to put the new default policy into effect throughout your Messenger system.

After you change information on the Information List page of any other Policy object, users must log out and back in to the Messenger client to see the results.

You can also define the information list at the user level. Information on the User object overrides information on the Policy object.

Selected Attributes
To add an attribute to the information list, click Add. To edit an attribute, select the attribute, click Edit, then make changes. To remove an attribute, select the attribute, then click Remove.

In general, attributes must be of type STRING or DN in order to be included in the information list. However, if your are using LDAP access to eDirectory, telelphoneNumber and faxNumber can be included even though they are a separate attribute type in eDirectory.

If eDirectory access is provided through an LDAP server, attribute names must be LDAP valid (for example, no spaces).

Lock Button
If you click the lock button, the information list cannot be changed for the User object.

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