distribution list not updating...

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Gordon J. Rattray

Hi there,

I have a couple of distribution lists under my contacts in Outlook 2003.

If I go into the contacts list and delete an a contact, and then when I go
into a distribution list where that contact still exists and I hit the
update button, it does not delete that contact.

Shouldn't it be updating the distribution list when I hit update? Or do I
have to manually delete the contact from the dist list after I've deleted
the contact from the contacts area?

Thanks,

Gordon
 
I have never seen the Update Now button do anything it's supposed to. I
don't even know why they put it there.
 
Right on, Russ!

Gee, I remember way back using Calypso, and it did a great job of updating
automatically, if you changed an email address in the main list, it would do
it without any prompting in the dist lists.....

Gordon
Russ Valentine said:
I have never seen the Update Now button do anything it's supposed to. I
don't even know why they put it there.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Gordon J. Rattray said:
Hi there,

I have a couple of distribution lists under my contacts in Outlook 2003.

If I go into the contacts list and delete an a contact, and then when I go
into a distribution list where that contact still exists and I hit the
update button, it does not delete that contact.

Shouldn't it be updating the distribution list when I hit update? Or do I
have to manually delete the contact from the dist list after I've deleted
the contact from the contacts area?

Thanks,

Gordon
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DL's in Outlook are just nasty. I don't know why. Most of us have abandoned
them since Outlook provides other ways to do most of what DL's can do.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Gordon J. Rattray said:
Right on, Russ!

Gee, I remember way back using Calypso, and it did a great job of updating
automatically, if you changed an email address in the main list, it would do
it without any prompting in the dist lists.....

Gordon
Russ Valentine said:
I have never seen the Update Now button do anything it's supposed to. I
don't even know why they put it there.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Gordon J. Rattray said:
Hi there,

I have a couple of distribution lists under my contacts in Outlook 2003.

If I go into the contacts list and delete an a contact, and then when
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Most people use Categories or multiple Contacts subfolders to replicate most
of the features of DL's. Look over those options here:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/oloabcat.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Dan said:
What other ways are there? I have the same problem with updating a
person's
e-mail address, then having to remove and re-add them to each distribution
list.

Thanks,
Dan

Russ Valentine said:
DL's in Outlook are just nasty. I don't know why. Most of us have
abandoned
them since Outlook provides other ways to do most of what DL's can do.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Gordon J. Rattray said:
Right on, Russ!

Gee, I remember way back using Calypso, and it did a great job of
updating
automatically, if you changed an email address in the main list, it
would do
it without any prompting in the dist lists.....

Gordon
I have never seen the Update Now button do anything it's supposed to.
I
don't even know why they put it there.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hi there,

I have a couple of distribution lists under my contacts in Outlook 2003.

If I go into the contacts list and delete an a contact, and then
when I
go
into a distribution list where that contact still exists and I hit
the
update button, it does not delete that contact.

Shouldn't it be updating the distribution list when I hit update?
Or do
I
have to manually delete the contact from the dist list after I've
deleted
the contact from the contacts area?

Thanks,

Gordon
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This lets you do everything that you want to do with distribution lists
using categories instead.

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Dan said:
What other ways are there? I have the same problem with updating a person's
e-mail address, then having to remove and re-add them to each distribution
list.

Thanks,
Dan

Russ Valentine said:
DL's in Outlook are just nasty. I don't know why. Most of us have abandoned
them since Outlook provides other ways to do most of what DL's can do.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Gordon J. Rattray said:
Right on, Russ!

Gee, I remember way back using Calypso, and it did a great job of updating
automatically, if you changed an email address in the main list, it
Click to expand...
would
do
it without any prompting in the dist lists.....

Gordon
I have never seen the Update Now button do anything it's supposed to. I
don't even know why they put it there.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hi there,

I have a couple of distribution lists under my contacts in Outlook 2003.

If I go into the contacts list and delete an a contact, and then
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when
I
go
into a distribution list where that contact still exists and I hit the
update button, it does not delete that contact.

Shouldn't it be updating the distribution list when I hit update?
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Or
do
I
have to manually delete the contact from the dist list after I've
deleted
the contact from the contacts area?

Thanks,

Gordon
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