Introducing Contacts
BlueMind uses address books to manage contacts.
These address books can be synchronized with mail software (Outlook, Thunderbird) and smartphones (iPhone, Android, etc. depending on device possibilities) are organized in 2 categories:
It is also possible to send a message or call a contact directly from their record, index contacts with categories, create distribution lists, share contacts between groups or users and access a company address book.
Accessing the Contacts application
You can access the Contacts application from the main BlueMind navigation ribbon.
Navigating through the interface
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: in the 1st column, under the "New contact" button, you'll find the list of address books accessible by the user (personal address books and those to which he/she has subscribed), as well as the list of tags, enabling you to quickly find indexed contacts (see below) -
: The second column shows the contacts from the address book selected in the first column💡 The vertical alphabet on the left-hand side of the area makes it easier to navigate through contacts, and letters with contacts are highlighted in bold black for greater visibility.
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: The third column, the main display area, shows the contact card for the contact selected in the second column.
: Identifying the types of contacts
BlueMind has different types of contacts: personal or group, personal or shared. Their functionalities and address book membership vary according to their nature.
| Contact Type | Usage |
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| INTERNAL USERS Members of your organization  | Address book : Internal users are created by the administrator and are part of the Directory You can: - Creating and Sending a message to the contact - see Email alerts - Organizing Meetings with or without videoconferencing and send an invitation to the contact - built-in the contact to a distribution list You cannot: - edit the contact record. They are created and managed by your administrator |
| EXTERNAL USERS Users outside your organization, e. g. service providers.  | Address books: - External users created by the administrator are part of the Address book - External users created by the user are part of the Personal address books You can : - Creating and Sending a message to the contact - Organizing Meetings with or without videoconference and send an invitation to the contact - create and edit the contact's address book - built-in the contact to a distribution list We cannot: - edit the contact's address book. They are created and managed by your administrator |
| DISTRIBUTION LISTS Lists with several users with common needs or objectives  | Address books : Mailing lists are created by the user and are part of the personal address books You can: - Creating and Sending a message to all list members - Organizing Meetings with or without videoconferencing and send an invitation to all list members - create and edit a mailing list You cannot: - display list members' calendars |
| USER GROUPS A group brings together several users with common needs or objectives.   | Address book : Groups are created by the administrator and are part of the Directory You can : - Organizing Meetings with or without videoconferencing and send an invitation to all members of the group - display the calendar of all members of the group - Creating and Sending a message to all members of a group with an email address - members of a group with an email address can receive messages sent to the group on their nominative email address (see Using group mailboxes) We cannot: - send email to members of the group without an email address |
| SHARED MAILBOXES These are mailboxes shared by multiple users or user groups, which also have their own address books and calendars.  | Address book : Shared mailboxes are created by the administrator and are part of the Directory You can : - Creating and Sending a message to all mailbox owners - owners can receive, view (and even manage) mailbox messages and folders - owners (with extended rights) can write on behalf of the shared mailbox (see Using Shared Mailboxes) - Organizing Meetings with or without videoconferencing and send an invitation - display the calendar of the shared mailbox We cannot : - edit the directory contact record, which is managed by the administrator |
| SHARED MAILBOXES old version These are mailboxes shared by several users or groups of users.  | Address book : Shared mailboxes are created by the administrator and are part of the Directory You can : - Creating and Sending a message to all the mailbox's users - users can receive, view (and even manage) messages and folders in the mailbox - users (with extended rights) can write to the mailbox (see Using Shared Mailboxes) We cannot: - send invitations or view the shared mailbox's calendar : the mailbox has no calendar. |
| RESOURCES Organization facilities or tools available to users, e.g. meeting rooms.  | Address book : Resources are created by the administrator and are part of the Directory You can: - reserve the resource (see Organizing Meetings) - the administrator and/or manager can Managing Resource Bookings You cannot: - edit the resource's contact details. They are created and managed by your administrator |
Searching or filtering contacts
The search engine
The search engine allows you to search for contacts by keyword: enter a word and validate with the Enter key or the magnifier button
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To quit the search, click on a notebook to return to it.
The search engine :
- in all the notebooks currently displayed, and in these only
- in all contact form fields
Filtering by category
It is possible to associate keywords with contacts: tags.
To search for records associated with a category, click on it in the left-hand column (see above):
↳ The corresponding records are then searched in all the notebooks currently displayed in the application.
To quit the search, click on a notebook or another category.