> The missing piece is what icon appears next to each of these entries in the DL. There are two ways to add a member to a DL. Only one involves any relationship with the original Outlook contact.
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Outlook has no built-in feature for importing a distribution list from a .csv file, so it's hard to imagine what might have been done.
In any case, what you describe are entries created from existing contact records. The purpose of the Display As field in those records is to set the name you want to be displayed. If all it has is the email address, that's all you'll see in the DL. If you want to see something else, update the Display Name in the contact, save the contact, then click Update in the DL.

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>I got such a prompt reply -- thank you!!!
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nmorris510 - 30 Jun 2006 19:36 GMT
Hello Again --
I went back to my user and went over the steps she took -- again -- and
discovered I was mistaken -- AGAIN -- ARGH!! The DL was indeed created
manually from a couple of contact lists that were created from the .csv file
import I referred to in my last message -- my apologies for the confusion.
Anyway, your information pointed us in the right direction, Sue; my user
went ahead and updated the Display As field for each of her contact records
with the contact's full name and then selected the UPDATE NOW button on the
DL's main window, and sure enough, the information now displays as desired.
We didn't see the UPDATE NOW button at first, which explains why the initial
edits didn't appear to "take".
--Sometimes, the more you stare at something, the LESS you see!! Oh, well!
Thanks again for the assist, Sue; much appreciated.

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> Outlook has no built-in feature for importing a distribution list from a ..csv file, so it's hard to imagine what might have been done.
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