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GAL

See Global Address List (GAL).

gateway

Third-party software that permits Exchange to interoperate with a foreign message system. See also connector.

general-purpose trees

Public folder trees added to an Exchange organization beyond the default public folder tree. General-purpose trees are not accessible by MAPI clients such as Microsoft Outlook.

Global Address List (GAL)

A database of all the recipients in an Exchange organization, such as mailboxes, distribution lists, custom recipients, and public folders.

Global Catalog

Used to hold information about all objects in a forest. The Global Catalog enables users and applications to find objects in an Active Directory domain tree if the user or application knows one or more attributes of the target object.

group

A collection of users and other groups that may be assigned permissions or made part of an e-mail distribution list.

groupware

Any application that allows groups of people to store and share information.