Why can't I export "Distribution list" Ms outlook 2003? import Gmail

[lbbss]

I am trying to export "Distribution list" contacts, in order to import
to gmail. I found info on the web how to do that in different
ways. The problem is I am able to export my normal contacts, but
contacts in my "Distribution list" do not appear in my exported
file? how can this be done? I tried the csv, pst and txt and excel
method, but non of them give me my contacts found in "distribution
list". any idea? thanks.

 

[Russ Valentine]

It can't be done. DL's have never survived exporting and importing and never
will.

 

[lbbss]

In that case, is there any way to copy the emails from the
distribution list into my regular contacts? So then they can be
exported.

 

[Russ Valentine]

Not really. You can save it as a text file, convert it to CSV and import it.

 

[Vlad vlad]

I tried that and it all worked with making the csv file, but when I
tried to import into gmail, it gives me an error.

 

[Vlad vlad]

error, could not recognize file format. In excel I had two columns,
one with name and the other with email address, then I saved it as a
csv format. but gmail does not recognize it.

 

[Russ Valentine]

Who said anything about gmail? How is that relevant?

 

[lbbss]

What I am trying to do is save my outlook distribution list into a csv
file and then import it into gmail.

 

[Russ Valentine]

Then ask gmail how and whether it supports importing CSV files. This has
nothing to do with Outlook.

 

[xyz]

Not quite true. Although generally not possible, I was able to import
contact groups from Windows Mail (Vista) into Windows Live Mail (Windows 7).

Darryl