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Followup questions related to Bruce's original question. Context is
maintaining organizational (Org) member email information for use in
broadcast emails to members. The info currently lives in Excel.
1) Can an Outllook DL created directly, either by the copy-paste procedure
you suggest or by keying email addresses directly in the DL's Members list,
rather than created by selecting already-existing Outllook contacts, be
exported to a file for use by other people? If so, how? In my tries so far,
such exported files (in Excel or CSV format) have omitted all distribution
lists.
2) Can I import address/contact data from Excel (or CSV file) into a
separately-named Outlook address/contacts folder rather than to the general
Contacts folder? If so, how? Outlook doesn't seem to allow selecting a
particular destination contacts folder for imported data.
3) Considering that Outlook does allow opening a .pst file with
address/contacts data into a separately named contacts folder, can the
current Excel file be converted into a .pst file either directly or via an
intermediate CSV file? If so, how?
Thanks for all help.
"Brian Tillman" wrote:
> Bruce <Bruce@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > What I want to do is generate a distribution list in Outlook without
> > having to start from scratch and select each name in the Address
> > Book. Can this be done?
>
> If you have a semicolon-separated list of addresses in a text file, you can
> open a new DL, click "Select Members", then open the address list file and
> copy-and-paste the list into the Members field in the address book window.
> Click OK and they'll be added to the DL. I've done it so I know it works.
> It may also work with a comma-separated list, but I haven't tried that.
> --
> Brian Tillman
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d.deane(nospam)@comcast.net
<ddeanenospamcomcastnet@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> 1) Can an Outllook DL created directly, either by the copy-paste
> procedure you suggest or by keying email addresses directly in the
> DL's Members list, rather than created by selecting already-existing
> Outllook contacts, be exported to a file for use by other people? If
> so, how? In my tries so far, such exported files (in Excel or CSV
> format) have omitted all distribution lists.
ARe these other people also using Exchange? If so, of course. If not, then
you can export it as a text file with will look like this:
Distribution List Name: yourlistname
Members:
member one address
member two address
member three address
with a tab between the member name and the address.
--
Brian Tillman
>
> 2) Can I import address/contact data from Excel (or CSV file) into a
> separately-named Outlook address/contacts folder rather than to the
> general Contacts folder? If so, how? Outlook doesn't seem to allow
> selecting a particular destination contacts folder for imported data.
>
> 3) Considering that Outlook does allow opening a .pst file with
> address/contacts data into a separately named contacts folder, can the
> current Excel file be converted into a .pst file either directly or
> via an intermediate CSV file? If so, how?
>
> Thanks for all help.
>
> "Brian Tillman" wrote:
>
>> Bruce <Bruce@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>> What I want to do is generate a distribution list in Outlook without
>>> having to start from scratch and select each name in the Address
>>> Book. Can this be done?
>>
>> If you have a semicolon-separated list of addresses in a text file,
>> you can open a new DL, click "Select Members", then open the address
>> list file and copy-and-paste the list into the Members field in the
>> address book window. Click OK and they'll be added to the DL. I've
>> done it so I know it works. It may also work with a comma-separated
>> list, but I haven't tried that. --
>> Brian Tillman
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Brian:
Re (1):
-- Not using Exchange.
-- HOW do I export the DL to a text file, considering that past text files
from Outlook's export process have omitted all DLs? And if DL export can
work, how can I select a particular Outlook address/contact folder to export
from rather than exporting all address/contact info from Outlook?
Re (2) & (3): Any chance of answers to these?
Thanks,
"Brian Tillman" wrote:
> d.deane(nospam)@comcast.net
> <ddeanenospamcomcastnet@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > 1) Can an Outllook DL created directly, either by the copy-paste
> > procedure you suggest or by keying email addresses directly in the
> > DL's Members list, rather than created by selecting already-existing
> > Outllook contacts, be exported to a file for use by other people? If
> > so, how? In my tries so far, such exported files (in Excel or CSV
> > format) have omitted all distribution lists.
>
> ARe these other people also using Exchange? If so, of course. If not, then
> you can export it as a text file with will look like this:
>
> Distribution List Name: yourlistname
>
> Members:
>
> member one address
> member two address
> member three address
>
> with a tab between the member name and the address.
> --
> Brian Tillman
> >
> > 2) Can I import address/contact data from Excel (or CSV file) into a
> > separately-named Outlook address/contacts folder rather than to the
> > general Contacts folder? If so, how? Outlook doesn't seem to allow
> > selecting a particular destination contacts folder for imported data.
> >
> > 3) Considering that Outlook does allow opening a .pst file with
> > address/contacts data into a separately named contacts folder, can the
> > current Excel file be converted into a .pst file either directly or
> > via an intermediate CSV file? If so, how?
> >
> > Thanks for all help.
> >
> > "Brian Tillman" wrote:
> >
> >> Bruce <Bruce@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> What I want to do is generate a distribution list in Outlook without
> >>> having to start from scratch and select each name in the Address
> >>> Book. Can this be done?
> >>
> >> If you have a semicolon-separated list of addresses in a text file,
> >> you can open a new DL, click "Select Members", then open the address
> >> list file and copy-and-paste the list into the Members field in the
> >> address book window. Click OK and they'll be added to the DL. I've
> >> done it so I know it works. It may also work with a comma-separated
> >> list, but I haven't tried that. --
> >> Brian Tillman
>
>
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