Start at the beginning. How did you create a DL in such a way as to delete
the Contacts from your Contacts Folder?
Outlook does not do that.

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
> I created a new distribution list from my contacts in
> Outlook 2002. Rather than duplicating the contacts, it
> removed them from my master contacts file. How do I most
> easily put copies of the contacts back in my master
> contacts file? How do I create a distribution list
> properly next time?