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sstovall3@aol.com - 24 Dec 2005 19:08 GMT

i need to setup several distribution lists and i need these lists to
be in an address book that is selectable same as contacts in the
address book. i had it setup on my old computer running ol 2002, i am
now running ol 2003.
tia

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 24 Dec 2005 19:30 GMT

File->New->Distribution List. Not sure what you mean by the rest but you
can select your DL when pressing the TO: when addressing an email.

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After furious head scratching, sstovall3@aol.com asked:

| i need to setup several distribution lists and i need these lists to
| be in an address book that is selectable same as contacts in the
| address book. i had it setup on my old computer running ol 2002, i am
| now running ol 2003.
| tia

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sstovall3@aol.com - 24 Dec 2005 21:07 GMT

thanks, i got it figured out. i was trying to create a pab, load it
with dl's and have it show as the first choice when address book is
selected...i got it working

>File->New->Distribution List. Not sure what you mean by the rest but you
>can select your DL when pressing the TO: when addressing an email.
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>| now running ol 2003.
>| tia

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Milly Staples - [MVP - Outlook] - 24 Dec 2005 23:41 GMT

Personal Address Books are outdated and obsolete. Using DLs is also not the
way to go.

Instead, use categories - you can then display your contacts by category and
drag the category to your in-box to start a new mail message to that
category. All contacts go into the Contacts folder and the Address Book is
only a display of the entries that have valid electronic addresses (email
and fax).

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After furious head scratching, sstovall3@aol.com <sstovall3@aol.com> asked:

| thanks, i got it figured out. i was trying to create a pab, load it
| with dl's and have it show as the first choice when address book is
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||| am now running ol 2003.
||| tia

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