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Tirelan - 28 Sep 2004 16:19 GMT

I have two distribution lists in Outlook 2003 with Exchange 2000 SP3 that I
cannot edit. One has 143 contacts and the other 121. I have other
distribution lists that show up normally and I can add and delete contacts.
They all work fine and look normal. The above 2 look weird when opening them
from the Address book and cannot be edited. When I try to open those 2 in
the Contacts section of Outlook I get an error message that days "Exchange
does not have enough memory. Contact your system administrator." This
mailbox is small compared to other users in the organization and is not over
any set size limits. I can create new distribution lists that show up and
work fine. How can I edit these 2 distribution lists. I have already
recreated these 2 lists once and don't want to do it again. Thanks,

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 21 Oct 2004 21:38 GMT

DLs in an Exchange mailbox are limited to about 120 items. I don't know any
way to edit one that somehow got over the limit.

Yet another reason DLs tend to be more trouble than they're worth,
especially when it's so easy to do a mail merge with Word and ensure that
each person gets an individual message.

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>I have two distribution lists in Outlook 2003 with Exchange 2000 SP3 that I
> cannot edit. One has 143 contacts and the other 121. I have other
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> work fine. How can I edit these 2 distribution lists. I have already
> recreated these 2 lists once and don't want to do it again. Thanks,

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