Outlook: Create Distribution list from Contacts, Categorie view

[Guest]

MS Office Outlook 2003 suggestion.

Creating Distribution lists can be quite a job if you have a lot of
contacts. You have to walk through the whole list of contacts to tag the ones
you want added.
If you use Categories (intelligently), it would be very handy to be able to
right-click on the specific Category, or select contacts with control- OR
shift-left click and then right click to create a distribution list.
The other way around would be: File - New - Distribution List (or
ctrl-shft-L) and than be able to select from a Categories view.

Cheers,

Ernest.

P.s. this might be handy too regarding the Contacts views "By Company" and
"By Location"

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[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Probably won't happen. DL's have been deprecated and hardly function at all.
The reason is that Categories have largely replaced the need for DL's.
Why don't you use Categories instead of DL's?

 

[Guest]

Perhaps a dumb question, but how can I select (from) Categories when trying
to insert Message Recipients (in New Message, Reply, Reply to All or Forward)?

-AND/OR-

Can I give a command "Send e-mail to" Category OR selected contacts in
Category when in Contacts, Category view?

Probably won't happen. DL's have been deprecated and hardly function at all.
The reason is that Categories have largely replaced the need for DL's.
Why don't you use Categories instead of DL's?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

MS Office Outlook 2003 suggestion.

Creating Distribution lists can be quite a job if you have a lot of
contacts. You have to walk through the whole list of contacts to tag the
ones
you want added.
If you use Categories (intelligently), it would be very handy to be able
to
right-click on the specific Category, or select contacts with control- OR
shift-left click and then right click to create a distribution list.
The other way around would be: File - New - Distribution List (or
ctrl-shft-L) and than be able to select from a Categories view.

Cheers,

Ernest.

P.s. this might be handy too regarding the Contacts views "By Company" and
"By Location"

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[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Use the By Category View of your Contacts Folder
Select a Category Header
Actions > New Message to Contact...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Perhaps a dumb question, but how can I select (from) Categories when
trying
to insert Message Recipients (in New Message, Reply, Reply to All or
Forward)?

-AND/OR-

Can I give a command "Send e-mail to" Category OR selected contacts in
Category when in Contacts, Category view?

Probably won't happen. DL's have been deprecated and hardly function at
all.
The reason is that Categories have largely replaced the need for DL's.
Why don't you use Categories instead of DL's?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

MS Office Outlook 2003 suggestion.

Creating Distribution lists can be quite a job if you have a lot of
contacts. You have to walk through the whole list of contacts to tag
the
ones
you want added.
If you use Categories (intelligently), it would be very handy to be
able
to
right-click on the specific Category, or select contacts with control-
OR
shift-left click and then right click to create a distribution list.
The other way around would be: File - New - Distribution List (or
ctrl-shft-L) and than be able to select from a Categories view.

Cheers,

Ernest.

P.s. this might be handy too regarding the Contacts views "By Company"
and
"By Location"

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[Guest]

Pfffff... Thanks Russ.

Use the By Category View of your Contacts Folder
Select a Category Header
Actions > New Message to Contact...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Perhaps a dumb question, but how can I select (from) Categories when
trying
to insert Message Recipients (in New Message, Reply, Reply to All or
Forward)?

-AND/OR-

Can I give a command "Send e-mail to" Category OR selected contacts in
Category when in Contacts, Category view?

Probably won't happen. DL's have been deprecated and hardly function at
all.
The reason is that Categories have largely replaced the need for DL's.
Why don't you use Categories instead of DL's?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
MS Office Outlook 2003 suggestion.

Creating Distribution lists can be quite a job if you have a lot of
contacts. You have to walk through the whole list of contacts to tag
the
ones
you want added.
If you use Categories (intelligently), it would be very handy to be
able
to
right-click on the specific Category, or select contacts with control-
OR
shift-left click and then right click to create a distribution list.
The other way around would be: File - New - Distribution List (or
ctrl-shft-L) and than be able to select from a Categories view.

Cheers,

Ernest.

P.s. this might be handy too regarding the Contacts views "By Company"
and
"By Location"

----------------
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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
"I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...3a305e3b&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.contacts