I do also have these contacts categorized, so i can easily find them all in
the contacts page. But i can't figure out how to get all the names into an
email BCC feild. If I copy paster or drag drop I get only text with their
names, phone numbers, everything. If I select all and right click I don't
get anything like Email To... So how can I use categories to replace
distribution lists? Thanks...


"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
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Bill Brehm don't want spam wrote:

Hi. I keep my outlook PST files on a poratbale drive that i carry and
share between my laptop, home PC and work PC. I have a terrible
problem with distribution lists. i haven't detected the pattern yet
but when i send from certain PC(s) the Outlook on that PC cannot
recognize the members of the list. I get an error that none of my
accounts could send to the recipient. When i click the recipient i
get the highly informative message "Cannot perform the requested
operation. the command selected is not valid for this recipient.".
The help thinks i'm trying to access someone else's calendar. Since
having this problem i tried to keep an email with all the recipients
in the BCC field in the drafts folder and copy it when i need to
send. this time it also has the same problem. Please help! Thanks!

DLs are very fragile constructs and many power users of Otlook stay away
from them, especially with the practices you're following (i.e., PSTs
aren't meant to be constantly shuttled between Outlook instances). One
can usually use categories or multiple contacts folders to perform the
same function.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]