How can I retrieve lost distribution lists?

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Keoshia - 24 Jan 2005 19:25 GMT

Got a new PC...needed to archive and export contact lists and messages and
place them on a network drive til further use. When I imported the contact
list, all contacts were there but ALL distribution lists existed without any
members/contacts in them. EMPTY......how can I retrieve them.........? HELP

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 24 Jan 2005 19:52 GMT

What file format did you export to? Why didn't you just copy your entire
.pst file?

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> Got a new PC...needed to archive and export contact lists and messages and
> place them on a network drive til further use. When I imported the contact
> list, all contacts were there but ALL distribution lists existed without
> any
> members/contacts in them. EMPTY......how can I retrieve them.........?
> HELP

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Sean - 08 Feb 2005 15:57 GMT

I have had this issue as well. I am running Outlook 2000 on Windows XP
machines, both fully updated and patched. I exported the entire Personal
Folder (i.e. Contacts, Calendar, Inbox, Outbox, Drafts, etc.) to a PST file,
making sure to check the "Included subfolders." After exporting, I would
open the PST file and all of the distribution lists are empty. Any ideas on
how to fix this?

> What file format did you export to? Why didn't you just copy your entire
> ..pst file?
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> > members/contacts in them. EMPTY......how can I retrieve them.........?
> > HELP

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 08 Feb 2005 21:35 GMT

As you will find by reading the many posts here, a lot of data does not
survive exporting. DL's are among them. Exporting is never the recommended
way to transfer Contact data.
Copy and reuse PST files, do not export them.

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>I have had this issue as well. I am running Outlook 2000 on Windows XP
> machines, both fully updated and patched. I exported the entire Personal
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>> > members/contacts in them. EMPTY......how can I retrieve them.........?
>> > HELP

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