where are you pasting it to? outlook uses the display name.

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>I want to copy/paste a distribution list but Outlook displays the "file as"
> names rather than the email addresses in the "To:" field and I can't seem
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> into my contact list and changing the file as field for the contacts that
> apply to this distribution list.