Distribution list disappeared. How can I find it?

[Laura S]

This morning, I logged into Outlook and noticed one of my most used DL's was
missing. I opened the address book and the DL was there. I sent a message,
only to find after the message was sent, the DL was gone. Nothing in my
contacts or the deleted items file. I've even restored the deleted items
thinking I may have hit it by mistake. In doing a search, the DL is not
found. Any suggestions as to what happened and how I can correct the problem?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Restore it from your most recent backup.
People inadvertently delete DL's all the time because they use delete icon
in the DL to delete a member. Only it doesn't. It deletes the entire DL.
DL's were so poorly designed and implemented by Microsoft that we think they
were not intended for real use.