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cc - 01 Mar 2007 16:21 GMT

I have a distribution list that is not updating. Updates were made to
distribution list members' email addresses, but they are not updating when I
click on the "Update Now" button. Also, in front of the members' names,
sometimes there is an icon that looks like a rolodex card and sometimes there
is an icon with 2 faces. Why the difference? Does it matter?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 01 Mar 2007 20:48 GMT

The icon difference does not matter. It does indicate that many of your
members were actually created in an earlier version of Outlook which is also
why the Update Now button will never work.

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Russ Valentine
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>I have a distribution list that is not updating. Updates were made to
> distribution list members' email addresses, but they are not updating when
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> there
> is an icon with 2 faces. Why the difference? Does it matter?

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cc - 01 Mar 2007 21:46 GMT

Russ,

Sorry about the double entry. I placed my inquiry in the General section
first and, when I didn't receive a reply, I thought that the Contacts section
might be better.

Thank you for your explanation of my problem. Since the distribution list
is not that long, I am going to recompile/recompose it. Thanks, again.

> The icon difference does not matter. It does indicate that many of your
> members were actually created in an earlier version of Outlook which is also
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> > there
> > is an icon with 2 faces. Why the difference? Does it matter?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 01 Mar 2007 22:44 GMT

If both the member Contact Records and the DL are created in the same
Contacts Folder in the same Outlook profile, the "Update Now" button might
actually work. But not for long, I'm afraid. Most of us avoid DL's whenever
possible. They are one of many Outlook features that simply don't work as
they should.

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> Russ,
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>> > there
>> > is an icon with 2 faces. Why the difference? Does it matter?

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