To provision a distribution list in SIMS, a distribution list entry has to have the following minimum set of attributes/values. The example below assumes that the list is being added in the eng.widget.com DNS domain, mail server is mail.eng.widget.com., and the list has one member. The data is in Lightweight Directory Interchange Format (LDIF).
If an external user has to be added to the distribution list, the external member addresses are specified in rfc822MailMember attribute. Other required attributes can be used to modify the behavior of the distribution list. For example one can setup a moderated list by adding one or more moderators. Or one can disallow messages from DNS domain singnet.sg to be sent to the members of the list by adding unauthorizedDomain: singnet.sg.