Moving contact from distribution list to Contact folder

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William - 20 Dec 2007 13:14 GMT

When one creates a distribution list, a check box option is given to also add
the name and address to the Contacts folder. Once the distribution list is
created, however, is it possible to add those names and address to the
contact folder? If so, how?

Thanks for any ideas.

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 20 Dec 2007 21:17 GMT

It isn't. You can only save the DL in a format that you can then import into
Outlook.

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> When one creates a distribution list, a check box option is given to also
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William - 21 Dec 2007 13:02 GMT

Russ

Thanks for taking the time to respond. Would your tip mean saving as a pst
file and then importing, or is there a superior approach?

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> It isn't. You can only save the DL in a format that you can then import into
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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 21 Dec 2007 20:58 GMT

No. Just save it as a text file, clean it up in Excel so that each column
has a header, save as CSV, then import the CSV file.

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William - 21 Dec 2007 21:50 GMT

Thanks again. Have a great Christmas and New Year!

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> No. Just save it as a text file, clean it up in Excel so that each column
> has a header, save as CSV, then import the CSV file.
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William - 26 Dec 2007 14:23 GMT

Russ, I'm almost there, but have one additional problem. I have created a
cleaned up csv file of the distribution list. There are two columns, the
headers of which are "Names" and "Email." But when I import this csv file
into the contacts folder, only the name shows up. The email address is not
imported. I tried renaming the email address column "EmailDisplayName," but
that doesn't work either. Any ideas where I'm going wrong?

Thanks. Happy New Year!

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> No. Just save it as a text file, clean it up in Excel so that each column
> has a header, save as CSV, then import the CSV file.
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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 26 Dec 2007 15:02 GMT

How did you map your fields?
Are the email addresses valid?

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> Russ, I'm almost there, but have one additional problem. I have created a
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William - 26 Dec 2007 21:09 GMT

Mapping did the trick. Thanks.

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