We have a Contact List in our Public Folders. We assign a category to each
contact. Is there anyway of creating a distribution list or sending eMails
based on the category?

Apply the By Category view. Select all the items in the desired category. Choose Actions | Mail Merge and follow the prompts.

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Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"DJR" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news4A92046-0443-48B6-8096-(E-Mail Removed)...
> We have a Contact List in our Public Folders. We assign a category to each
> contact. Is there anyway of creating a distribution list or sending eMails
> based on the category?

The trouble with mail merge is you can't send attachments. Isn't there some
way to make a distribution list from a category group?
thx

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> Apply the By Category view. Select all the items in the desired category. Choose Actions | Mail Merge and follow the prompts.
>
> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Author of
> Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>
>
> "DJR" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news4A92046-0443-48B6-8096-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > We have a Contact List in our Public Folders. We assign a category to each
> > contact. Is there anyway of creating a distribution list or sending eMails
> > based on the category?
>

Instead of creating a DL, I'd choose Actions | New Message to Contacts and then cut and paste the names from the To field to Bcc. Creating and maintaining a DL beyond a handful of relatively static members is just way too much trouble.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"sfv" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:7ED70649-BD7D-4F32-8E24-(E-Mail Removed)...
> The trouble with mail merge is you can't send attachments. Isn't there some
> way to make a distribution list from a category group?
> thx
>
> "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> Apply the By Category view. Select all the items in the desired category. Choose Actions | Mail Merge and follow the prompts.

>>
>> "DJR" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news4A92046-0443-48B6-8096-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > We have a Contact List in our Public Folders. We assign a category to each
>> > contact. Is there anyway of creating a distribution list or sending eMails
>> > based on the category?
>>

I pretty much just came to the same conclusion myself!
Thanks, I appreciate your input.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> Instead of creating a DL, I'd choose Actions | New Message to Contacts and then cut and paste the names from the To field to Bcc. Creating and maintaining a DL beyond a handful of relatively static members is just way too much trouble.
>
> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Author of
> Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>
>
> "sfv" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:7ED70649-BD7D-4F32-8E24-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > The trouble with mail merge is you can't send attachments. Isn't there some
> > way to make a distribution list from a category group?
> > thx
> >
> > "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
> >
> >> Apply the By Category view. Select all the items in the desired category. Choose Actions | Mail Merge and follow the prompts.
>
> >>
> >> "DJR" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news4A92046-0443-48B6-8096-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > We have a Contact List in our Public Folders. We assign a category to each
> >> > contact. Is there anyway of creating a distribution list or sending eMails
> >> > based on the category?
> >>
>