Cannot Expand Outlook Distribution Lists

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When I use a distribution list with XP Pro SP2, Outlook 2003 SP3 to send an
email, it normally displays a "+" sign to the left of the list so I could
expand and tailor who would receive the email. For some reason now this is
not displayed. I tried using online help but did not find the switch to cut
back on this feature. This occurred before I applied SP3, which I just
applied with all the recommended updates but that did not fix this. This is
happening with all my distribution lists (personal and manually created).

Thank you in advance.

Chuck
 
There is no such "switch." This is not a configurable feature. When you lose
it it usually means your DL has become corrupt, which happens frequently.
Have you tried repairing your data file? If you create a new DL from
scratch, can you expand it?
 
This is happening to all my distribution lists. When I manually create a new
DL the same thing happens, i.e., cannot expand it.

Russ Valentine said:
There is no such "switch." This is not a configurable feature. When you lose
it it usually means your DL has become corrupt, which happens frequently.
Have you tried repairing your data file? If you create a new DL from
scratch, can you expand it?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Chuck Stogner said:
When I use a distribution list with XP Pro SP2, Outlook 2003 SP3 to send
an
email, it normally displays a "+" sign to the left of the list so I could
expand and tailor who would receive the email. For some reason now this
is
not displayed. I tried using online help but did not find the switch to
cut
back on this feature. This occurred before I applied SP3, which I just
applied with all the recommended updates but that did not fix this. This
is
happening with all my distribution lists (personal and manually created).

Thank you in advance.

Chuck
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So did you try what I suggested?
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Chuck Stogner said:
This is happening to all my distribution lists. When I manually create a
new
DL the same thing happens, i.e., cannot expand it.

Russ Valentine said:
There is no such "switch." This is not a configurable feature. When you
lose
it it usually means your DL has become corrupt, which happens frequently.
Have you tried repairing your data file? If you create a new DL from
scratch, can you expand it?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Chuck Stogner said:
When I use a distribution list with XP Pro SP2, Outlook 2003 SP3 to
send
an
email, it normally displays a "+" sign to the left of the list so I
could
expand and tailor who would receive the email. For some reason now
this
is
not displayed. I tried using online help but did not find the switch
to
cut
back on this feature. This occurred before I applied SP3, which I just
applied with all the recommended updates but that did not fix this.
This
is
happening with all my distribution lists (personal and manually
created).

Thank you in advance.

Chuck
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Click to expand...
 
Russ not sure how to go about repairing the data file. Could you elaborate?
thanks

Russ Valentine said:
So did you try what I suggested?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Chuck Stogner said:
This is happening to all my distribution lists. When I manually create a
new
DL the same thing happens, i.e., cannot expand it.

Russ Valentine said:
There is no such "switch." This is not a configurable feature. When you
lose
it it usually means your DL has become corrupt, which happens frequently.
Have you tried repairing your data file? If you create a new DL from
scratch, can you expand it?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When I use a distribution list with XP Pro SP2, Outlook 2003 SP3 to
send
an
email, it normally displays a "+" sign to the left of the list so I
could
expand and tailor who would receive the email. For some reason now
this
is
not displayed. I tried using online help but did not find the switch
to
cut
back on this feature. This occurred before I applied SP3, which I just
applied with all the recommended updates but that did not fix this.
This
is
happening with all my distribution lists (personal and manually
created).

Thank you in advance.

Chuck
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/272227/en-us

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Chuck Stogner said:
Russ not sure how to go about repairing the data file. Could you
elaborate?
thanks

Russ Valentine said:
So did you try what I suggested?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Chuck Stogner said:
This is happening to all my distribution lists. When I manually create
a
new
DL the same thing happens, i.e., cannot expand it.

:

There is no such "switch." This is not a configurable feature. When
you
lose
it it usually means your DL has become corrupt, which happens
frequently.
Have you tried repairing your data file? If you create a new DL from
scratch, can you expand it?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When I use a distribution list with XP Pro SP2, Outlook 2003 SP3 to
send
an
email, it normally displays a "+" sign to the left of the list so I
could
expand and tailor who would receive the email. For some reason now
this
is
not displayed. I tried using online help but did not find the
switch
to
cut
back on this feature. This occurred before I applied SP3, which I
just
applied with all the recommended updates but that did not fix this.
This
is
happening with all my distribution lists (personal and manually
created).

Thank you in advance.

Chuck
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