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SupportMan - 30 Jun 2005 18:14 GMT

I have a user who is trying to edit an existing distribution list by removing
a few names and then saving as a different name and it will not let her do
it. I tried myself and it saves the thing as an *.rtf file. There is no
save as feature. Copying and pasting the members of the lists and save as
also cannot be done. Suggestions?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 30 Jun 2005 22:15 GMT

The only way you can save a DL under a different name is by saving it to a
different Folder (hint: use the Copy to Folder... command).

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>I have a user who is trying to edit an existing distribution list by
>removing
> a few names and then saving as a different name and it will not let her do
> it. I tried myself and it saves the thing as an *.rtf file. There is no
> save as feature. Copying and pasting the members of the lists and save as
> also cannot be done. Suggestions?

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Brian Tillman - 30 Jun 2005 22:48 GMT

> I have a user who is trying to edit an existing distribution list by
> removing a few names and then saving as a different name and it will
> not let her do it. I tried myself and it saves the thing as an *.rtf
> file. There is no save as feature. Copying and pasting the members
> of the lists and save as also cannot be done. Suggestions?

Copy the DL to another identically named DL by selecting the DL and clicking
Edit>Copy to Folder. Specify the Contacts folder (i.e., the same folder
it's in) and click OK. You'll now have two identical, identically named
DLs. Open one of them, remove the names, change the DL name in the Name
field, and click Save and Close. You'll now have the original DL and
another with a different name that contains fewer members. It works, at
least in OL 2003, because I just tried it.

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