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Freemang - 03 Oct 2007 02:15 GMT

A Vista user has their contacts (including distribution lists). When
exporting the contacts and importing in Outlook, they all show up however all
of her Distribution lists are void of any email addresses.

How can distribution lists be easily imported into Outlook from Windows mail?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 03 Oct 2007 03:44 GMT

Distribution lists have never survived an import from any non-Outlook format, so this is not unexpected. Groups in OE/Windows Mail have no counterpart in Outlook and must be recreated from scratch.

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After furious head scratching, Freemang asked:

| A Vista user has their contacts (including distribution lists). When
| exporting the contacts and importing in Outlook, they all show up
| however all of her Distribution lists are void of any email addresses.
|
| How can distribution lists be easily imported into Outlook from
| Windows mail?

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Brian Tillman - 03 Oct 2007 13:04 GMT

> A Vista user has their contacts (including distribution lists). When
> exporting the contacts and importing in Outlook, they all show up
> however all of her Distribution lists are void of any email addresses.
>
> How can distribution lists be easily imported into Outlook from
> Windows mail?

Sometimes, if you're lucky, importing from Outlook will retain the contents
of groups. File>Import and Export>Import Internet Mail and Addresses.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP] - 03 Oct 2007 15:09 GMT

I believe address magic will do DLs - a link is here:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/convaddr.htm

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>A Vista user has their contacts (including distribution lists). When
> exporting the contacts and importing in Outlook, they all show up however
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> How can distribution lists be easily imported into Outlook from Windows
> mail?

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