import a distribution list

[Guest]

I have Outlook 2007.

I have been able to export a distribution list from Outlook as a txt file
separated by tab.

I am now trying to import this on another machine that has some of the
people in the distributio list but not others. The list is huge and I don't
want to do this one by one.

How can I import the distribution list?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You can't. You can only import a tab or comma separated file into a Contacts
Folder, never a DL.
Why would you have exported a DL in the first place? You aren't changing
programs are you? This is Outlook. Outlook uses Outlook data, not other
formats. Leave your data in Outlook format. Always.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have been able to export a distribution list from Outlook as a txt
file separated by tab.

I am now trying to import this on another machine that has some of the
people in the distributio list but not others. The list is huge and I
don't want to do this one by one.

How can I import the distribution list?

While you can't import it, you can use copy/paste to rebuild the DL. Select
the list of names/addresses from the text file and paste it into the Members
field of the "Select Members" dialogue.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Results will vary depending on the format of the data. Not sure it works
with a Tab delimited file.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Results will vary depending on the format of the data. Not sure it
works with a Tab delimited file.

I tried it.

 

[Guest]

Thanks all for the reply.

The pasting of the names/address's worked.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Cool. How did you get the names and addresses to match, or did you just
paste addresses only?

 

[Brian Tillman]

Cool. How did you get the names and addresses to match, or did you
just paste addresses only?

If the format is

name<tab>addresses
name<tab>address
....etc...

the DL will sort it out.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Good to know.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

If the format is

name<tab>addresses
name<tab>address
...etc...

the DL will sort it out.

 

[Jo Foster]

My computer has MY Outlook, containing MY contacts, MY calendar, and MY emails.
If I wanted to take this on a memory stick, as my .pst, across the Atlantic,
so that I could use it on, e.g. my son's computer, how would this work? If I
opened HIS Outlook, containing HIS contacts, HIS calendar, and HIS emails,
where would my stuff be? Doesn't each computer only have one Outlook? The
more I look into this, the more confusing, difficult, and enraging it
becomes. Haven't young business people been nipping round the world with all
their records on little gadgets like palm pilots, mobile phones, ipods,
blackberries, etc. synching their stuff so they don't have to drag their
computers with them? There must be a secret club from which I am excluded.
Why can't I just convert it all to some format which can be stored in "my
documents". One can't even transfer one email into a Word document without
first forwarding it to oneself if the from-to-date-time-subject is to get
included. How do people keep records of their emails in a form where they can
be stored in a relevant place where they can be found when required?

You can't. You can only import a tab or comma separated file into a Contacts
Folder, never a DL.
Why would you have exported a DL in the first place? You aren't changing
programs are you? This is Outlook. Outlook uses Outlook data, not other
formats. Leave your data in Outlook format. Always.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have Outlook 2007.

I have been able to export a distribution list from Outlook as a txt file
separated by tab.

I am now trying to import this on another machine that has some of the
people in the distributio list but not others. The list is huge and I
don't
want to do this one by one.

How can I import the distribution list?

 

[Gordon]

My computer has MY Outlook, containing MY contacts, MY calendar, and MY
emails.
If I wanted to take this on a memory stick, as my .pst, across the
Atlantic,
so that I could use it on, e.g. my son's computer, how would this work? If
I
opened HIS Outlook, containing HIS contacts, HIS calendar, and HIS emails,
where would my stuff be? Doesn't each computer only have one Outlook? The
more I look into this, the more confusing, difficult, and enraging it
becomes. Haven't young business people been nipping round the world with
all
their records on little gadgets like palm pilots, mobile phones, ipods,
blackberries, etc. synching their stuff so they don't have to drag their
computers with them? There must be a secret club from which I am excluded.
Why can't I just convert it all to some format which can be stored in "my
documents". One can't even transfer one email into a Word document without
first forwarding it to oneself if the from-to-date-time-subject is to get
included. How do people keep records of their emails in a form where they
can
be stored in a relevant place where they can be found when required?

Hey hey hey! All you need to do is to make a copy of the pst file onto your
memory stick. Then you can open that pst file on ANY computer in the world,
as long as it has Outlook installed on it! It REALLY is THAT easy.
What's the problem with that?