How do I exclude users from a Distribution List?

[Guest]

I use MS Outlook 2003 and I have the following question for all of you... I
have added all the people in my address book to one Distribution List (DL)
and named it "Friends".. When I receive an e-mail from someone in my list ie
Lisa and want to forward it to all my contacts normally i would type in the
name of my DL in the To: field and send it. That way Lisa will receive her
own e-mail again which can be disturbing sometimes. Is there a way I could
use something like "Friends -Lisa" in the To: field to exclude Lisa from the
recepients?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

No, but you can click on the + sign to expand the DL before sending and delete Lisa's name.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

I made a mistake before, I am using MS Office XP, not 2003. So i don't have
the (+) sign... Any help?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Use the File | Work Offline command to set Outlook to work offline. Create and send the item. Open it in the Outbox and delete the name. Click Send again. Toggle Outlook back online.
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

Thank you, it is a way around the problem but far too much to do when we're
talking about 20-30 or more e-mails a day. Thank you anyway....

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Um... if you are forwarding 20-30 or more emails to your friends daily, I
think you need to take a serious look at your habit and make sure everyone
on your list wants that much junk forwarded - many may consider it spam. (If
I were on your friends list, I'd have your address on my junk senders list
by the end of day 2.)

If going offline is too much work, this should work - you could set a rule
to hold all messages for xx minutes, then just go into the outbox, open the
message and remove the name.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
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