Importing Distribution Lists

[Jim G]

I am trying to import my Contacts list, including all my Distribution Lists,
to another computer. The Contacts imported just fine, but the Distribution
Lists were not included. How do I import the Distribution Lists?

Jim G

 

[Gordon]

I am trying to import my Contacts list, including all my Distribution
Lists,
to another computer. The Contacts imported just fine, but the
Distribution
Lists were not included. How do I import the Distribution Lists?

Jim G

How did you do this "import"? If you physically used the Import function
within Outlook, this is one of the reasons that in all the Outlook groups,
posted at least once a day, import is NOT recommended.
Do you still have access to the original pst file?

 

[Jim G]

Thanks, Gordon. I am new to the Outlook group. I do have access to the
original .pst file. What should I do?

 

[Gordon]

Thanks, Gordon. I am new to the Outlook group. I do have access to the
original .pst file. What should I do?

Copy the old pst file to somewhere on your new computer to which you have
full read/write permissions. Do NOT copy to the default location!
Open Outlook. Delete all the current contacts.
Then do (within Outlook) File-Open-Outlook Data File and navigate to where
you copied the old file to.
When the file is open in Outlook, copy and paste the contacts from the old
Contacts folder to the new.

 

[Jim G]

Gordon: Thanks. That seems to have worked. I am also trying to import my
old Inbox and Calendar. Do I do this the same way?

Jim G.

 

[Gordon]

Gordon: Thanks. That seems to have worked. I am also trying to import
my
old Inbox and Calendar. Do I do this the same way?

You do.
FYI:
(Courtesy of Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook])

Importing an entire PST may well corrupt your profile and may create a ghost
PST that you can't close. Importing PST's will lose:
1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists

Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not advise
people to import a native file into Outlook.

 

[Jim G]

I am afraid I am in trouble again. I exported a .pst file for my Inbox from
my old Outlook and saved it to a local drive on my new computer. I then
openned Outlook on my new computer, hit File-Open-Outlook Data File,
navigated to the local file where I saved the .pst file, and then hit OK.
But nothing happened. I suspect I misunderstood your instructions. Can you
be more specific about what I need to do?

Thanks,

Jim G

Gordon: Thanks. That seems to have worked. I am also trying to import
my
old Inbox and Calendar. Do I do this the same way?

You do.
FYI:
(Courtesy of Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook])

Importing an entire PST may well corrupt your profile and may create a ghost
PST that you can't close. Importing PST's will lose:
1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists

Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not advise
people to import a native file into Outlook.

 

[Gordon]

I am afraid I am in trouble again. I exported a .pst file for my Inbox
from
my old Outlook and saved it to a local drive on my new computer. I then
openned Outlook on my new computer, hit File-Open-Outlook Data File,
navigated to the local file where I saved the .pst file, and then hit OK.
But nothing happened. I suspect I misunderstood your instructions. Can
you
be more specific about what I need to do?

That's exactly what you need to do EXCEPT......the export from the old file.
Just close your old Outlook and COPY the pst file from your old machine to
the new...