removing contacts from multiple lists

[Guest]

I have MS Outlook 2003. I would like to delete one contact, who is in
multiple distribution groups. Is there a way that I can delete the main
contact, as well as all listings of it in the distribution lists, at one time
(without having to go through each list and manually deleting it)?

If you need further explanation...I email contacts when it is their month
to submit an article for my newsletter. (I have a distribution list for each
month of the year, and some contacts are listed in more than one distribution
list.) I need to delete one contact, but he is in almost all the distribution
lists.

Any help will be appreciated.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

No. You must go into each DL and run "Update Now." Even then, the odds are
about 80% that the update won't work and you will have to remove the member
manually. That's how DL's "work."

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your response. (I didn't think that there was a way to delete the
name from all the lists -- but I wanted to make sure before I wasted all my
time removing it manually.)

Have a great evening!

No. You must go into each DL and run "Update Now." Even then, the odds are
about 80% that the update won't work and you will have to remove the member
manually. That's how DL's "work."

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have MS Outlook 2003. I would like to delete one contact, who is in
multiple distribution groups. Is there a way that I can delete the main
contact, as well as all listings of it in the distribution lists, at one
time
(without having to go through each list and manually deleting it)?

If you need further explanation...I email contacts when it is their month
to submit an article for my newsletter. (I have a distribution list for
each
month of the year, and some contacts are listed in more than one
distribution
list.) I need to delete one contact, but he is in almost all the
distribution
lists.

Any help will be appreciated.

 

[Diane Poremsky]

if you used a dynamic DL it would work.

http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2003/20030730.htm

Thanks for your response. (I didn't think that there was a way to delete
the
name from all the lists -- but I wanted to make sure before I wasted all
my
time removing it manually.)

Have a great evening!

No. You must go into each DL and run "Update Now." Even then, the odds
are
about 80% that the update won't work and you will have to remove the
member
manually. That's how DL's "work."

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have MS Outlook 2003. I would like to delete one contact, who is in
multiple distribution groups. Is there a way that I can delete the main
contact, as well as all listings of it in the distribution lists, at
one
time
(without having to go through each list and manually deleting it)?

If you need further explanation...I email contacts when it is their
month
to submit an article for my newsletter. (I have a distribution list for
each
month of the year, and some contacts are listed in more than one
distribution
list.) I need to delete one contact, but he is in almost all the
distribution
lists.

Any help will be appreciated.

 

[Guest]

Diane,

Thanks for the link. However, how do I use the dynamic DL? Is it something
that I install? I followed the instructions on your link, but didn't see
anything about deleting a contact under "actions." (I clicked on "Contact",
"Group by Category," and selected the group -- and checked the options under
"Actions."

if you used a dynamic DL it would work.

http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2003/20030730.htm

Thanks for your response. (I didn't think that there was a way to delete
the
name from all the lists -- but I wanted to make sure before I wasted all
my
time removing it manually.)

Have a great evening!

No. You must go into each DL and run "Update Now." Even then, the odds
are
about 80% that the update won't work and you will have to remove the
member
manually. That's how DL's "work."

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have MS Outlook 2003. I would like to delete one contact, who is in
multiple distribution groups. Is there a way that I can delete the main
contact, as well as all listings of it in the distribution lists, at
one
time
(without having to go through each list and manually deleting it)?

If you need further explanation...I email contacts when it is their
month
to submit an article for my newsletter. (I have a distribution list for
each
month of the year, and some contacts are listed in more than one
distribution
list.) I need to delete one contact, but he is in almost all the
distribution
lists.

Any help will be appreciated.

 

[Guest]

By the way, Diane, the cells under the word "Category" are blank.

if you used a dynamic DL it would work.

http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2003/20030730.htm

Thanks for your response. (I didn't think that there was a way to delete
the
name from all the lists -- but I wanted to make sure before I wasted all
my
time removing it manually.)

Have a great evening!

No. You must go into each DL and run "Update Now." Even then, the odds
are
about 80% that the update won't work and you will have to remove the
member
manually. That's how DL's "work."

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have MS Outlook 2003. I would like to delete one contact, who is in
multiple distribution groups. Is there a way that I can delete the main
contact, as well as all listings of it in the distribution lists, at
one
time
(without having to go through each list and manually deleting it)?

If you need further explanation...I email contacts when it is their
month
to submit an article for my newsletter. (I have a distribution list for
each
month of the year, and some contacts are listed in more than one
distribution
list.) I need to delete one contact, but he is in almost all the
distribution
lists.

Any help will be appreciated.

 

[Diane Poremsky]

You need to create a category for each distribution list you need - add the
members to the category. To remove them from a DL, open the contact and
delete the category from their contact.

Diane,

Thanks for the link. However, how do I use the dynamic DL? Is it something
that I install? I followed the instructions on your link, but didn't see
anything about deleting a contact under "actions." (I clicked on
"Contact",
"Group by Category," and selected the group -- and checked the options
under
"Actions."

if you used a dynamic DL it would work.

http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2003/20030730.htm

Thanks for your response. (I didn't think that there was a way to
delete
the
name from all the lists -- but I wanted to make sure before I wasted
all
my
time removing it manually.)

Have a great evening!

:

No. You must go into each DL and run "Update Now." Even then, the odds
are
about 80% that the update won't work and you will have to remove the
member
manually. That's how DL's "work."

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have MS Outlook 2003. I would like to delete one contact, who is in
multiple distribution groups. Is there a way that I can delete the
main
contact, as well as all listings of it in the distribution lists, at
one
time
(without having to go through each list and manually deleting it)?

If you need further explanation...I email contacts when it is their
month
to submit an article for my newsletter. (I have a distribution list
for
each
month of the year, and some contacts are listed in more than one
distribution
list.) I need to delete one contact, but he is in almost all the
distribution
lists.

Any help will be appreciated.

 

[Diane Poremsky]

That's because you haven't assigned categories to any of your contacts.

Create a category called "DL1" and add some contacts to it and try again.

By the way, Diane, the cells under the word "Category" are blank.

if you used a dynamic DL it would work.

http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2003/20030730.htm

Thanks for your response. (I didn't think that there was a way to
delete
the
name from all the lists -- but I wanted to make sure before I wasted
all
my
time removing it manually.)

Have a great evening!

:

No. You must go into each DL and run "Update Now." Even then, the odds
are
about 80% that the update won't work and you will have to remove the
member
manually. That's how DL's "work."

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have MS Outlook 2003. I would like to delete one contact, who is in
multiple distribution groups. Is there a way that I can delete the
main
contact, as well as all listings of it in the distribution lists, at
one
time
(without having to go through each list and manually deleting it)?

If you need further explanation...I email contacts when it is their
month
to submit an article for my newsletter. (I have a distribution list
for
each
month of the year, and some contacts are listed in more than one
distribution
list.) I need to delete one contact, but he is in almost all the
distribution
lists.

Any help will be appreciated.

 

[Guest]

Thanks so much!!

That's because you haven't assigned categories to any of your contacts.

Create a category called "DL1" and add some contacts to it and try again.

By the way, Diane, the cells under the word "Category" are blank.

if you used a dynamic DL it would work.

http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2003/20030730.htm










Thanks for your response. (I didn't think that there was a way to
delete
the
name from all the lists -- but I wanted to make sure before I wasted
all
my
time removing it manually.)

Have a great evening!

:

No. You must go into each DL and run "Update Now." Even then, the odds
are
about 80% that the update won't work and you will have to remove the
member
manually. That's how DL's "work."

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have MS Outlook 2003. I would like to delete one contact, who is in
multiple distribution groups. Is there a way that I can delete the
main
contact, as well as all listings of it in the distribution lists, at
one
time
(without having to go through each list and manually deleting it)?

If you need further explanation...I email contacts when it is their
month
to submit an article for my newsletter. (I have a distribution list
for
each
month of the year, and some contacts are listed in more than one
distribution
list.) I need to delete one contact, but he is in almost all the
distribution
lists.

Any help will be appreciated.