I have followed the instruction in the Outlook help file to "creat a
distribution list from a received email" but when I paste the email
recipients in the "add to distribution list" area of the "Select Members"
window and click "OK" I get a message "Microsoft outlook does not
recognize"..... the names I have just pasted.

This window seems to be trying to suggest names and offers some lookup
functions but does not give a clue of what I need to do to complete the
distribution list. I am begining to believe that Outlook does not let you
make a distribution list from a recieved email even though the help file says
you can. Can anybody help?

I just tried the steps in Help and they don't work for me either.

Here's how I would do it:

right click each name in the email (open the email to get to the) and then
Add to Contacts.

Once you have them in as Contacts, you can make the DL easily.

"enviro-lean" wrote in message
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I have followed the instruction in the Outlook help file to "creat a
distribution list from a received email" but when I paste the email
recipients in the "add to distribution list" area of the "Select Members"
window and click "OK" I get a message "Microsoft outlook does not
recognize"..... the names I have just pasted.

This window seems to be trying to suggest names and offers some lookup
functions but does not give a clue of what I need to do to complete the
distribution list. I am begining to believe that Outlook does not let you
make a distribution list from a recieved email even though the help file
says
you can. Can anybody help?

enviro-lean wrote:

I have followed the instruction in the Outlook help file to "creat a
distribution list from a received email" but when I paste the email
recipients in the "add to distribution list" area of the "Select
Members" window and click "OK" I get a message "Microsoft outlook
does not recognize"..... the names I have just pasted.

If the names are all together and separated by semicolons (commas may work,
but I didn't try them), the you'll be able to copy the list and paste it
into the Members field and have the wizard add them to the DL all at once.
--
Brian Tillman

Not true. This method may work for you but it does not work when I try it
even if the email names are all together and separated by semicolons.

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

enviro-lean wrote:

I have followed the instruction in the Outlook help file to "creat a
distribution list from a received email" but when I paste the email
recipients in the "add to distribution list" area of the "Select
Members" window and click "OK" I get a message "Microsoft outlook
does not recognize"..... the names I have just pasted.

If the names are all together and separated by semicolons (commas may work,
but I didn't try them), the you'll be able to copy the list and paste it
into the Members field and have the wizard add them to the DL all at once.
--
Brian Tillman

enviro-lean wrote:

Not true. This method may work for you

It does work for me and that, by definition, makes it true. If it were not
true it would work for no one.
--
Brian Tillman

Brian:

I am glad that the distribution list from email method described in the
outlook help file works for you but it does not work for either Judy or I.
Do you have any idea why it works for some and not for others. Also, how
would I approach this problem to get beyond where we are now?...i.e..what
other resources are there when this forum can not solve a legitimate issue?

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

enviro-lean wrote:

Not true. This method may work for you

It does work for me and that, by definition, makes it true. If it were not
true it would work for no one.
--
Brian Tillman

it worked when I tried it from a sent email (all names in the To field) but
not from a cc'd received email. Haven't had time to check the differences.
It's morning tea break in a course I am running!
"enviro-lean" wrote in message
...
Brian:

I am glad that the distribution list from email method described in the
outlook help file works for you but it does not work for either Judy or I.
Do you have any idea why it works for some and not for others. Also, how
would I approach this problem to get beyond where we are now?...i.e..what
other resources are there when this forum can not solve a legitimate
issue?

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

enviro-lean wrote:

Not true. This method may work for you

It does work for me and that, by definition, makes it true. If it were
not
true it would work for no one.
--
Brian Tillman

enviro-lean wrote:

I am glad that the distribution list from email method described in
the outlook help file works for you but it does not work for either
Judy or I.

I never said the method in the Help works. I've never read that part of the
help.
What I said was if I have a character string composed of mail addresses
separated by semi-colons (in a text file, for example) and I select that
character string and copy it to the clipboard, when I open a DL and click
Select Members, I can paste this string in the Members field, click OK and
thet all get added to the DL. If that matches what the help said, great.
If it doesn't, it's irrelevant because I wasn't claiming it did.
--
Brian Tillman

Great. But it still does not work for me. I am glad that you can copy names
from an email that you sent and create a distribution list but I want to
copy names from a recieved email and create a distribution list. Outlook
help says you can do that. What am I doing wrong. Thanks for all your help
and Brians too. K.

"Judy Gleeson (MVP Outlook)" wrote:

it worked when I tried it from a sent email (all names in the To field) but
not from a cc'd received email. Haven't had time to check the differences.
It's morning tea break in a course I am running!
"enviro-lean" wrote in message
...
Brian:

I am glad that the distribution list from email method described in the
outlook help file works for you but it does not work for either Judy or I.
Do you have any idea why it works for some and not for others. Also, how
would I approach this problem to get beyond where we are now?...i.e..what
other resources are there when this forum can not solve a legitimate
issue?

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

enviro-lean wrote:

Not true. This method may work for you

It does work for me and that, by definition, makes it true. If it were
not
true it would work for no one.
--
Brian Tillman

Thanks again for your help Brian. Maybe I am interpreting the help
instructions incorrectly.

Someone sent me an email from outlook that has 36 to: names in it and aksed
that I create a distirbution list that I can send emails to. When I read the
help file in outlook it says all I need to do is copy the names from the
recieved email and past them in a new DL. This does not seem to work when I
try to do it. The names in the to: field of the email are in the "Outlook"
format where the recipinets name is visible ie "enviro-lean" rather than
environ-lean@envcompsys,com. However, these names include the email
information (when you put the cursor over the name you get the little outlook
ball which then if you click on the ball and then click on properties shows
you the entier email address).

I believe that help instruction are not correct now (maybe there were in the
past). You cannot copy a list of names from an email you recieve and create
a distribution list. I can understand why microsoft would want to disable
this feature to control spam but it wastes a lot of peopls time when they
dont come right out and tell you that they have disabled ths function.

It is also possible that there is a corruption in my outlook program but I
doubt it. I have taken the time to do what Judy suggested in her first reply
so the issue is not really an issue anymore ( I have worked around the
problem). I am just curious as to whether anybody is interested in fessing
up to the incorrect info in the help file or if this forum wants to pretened
that the outlook help is correct.


"Brian Tillman" wrote:

enviro-lean wrote:

I am glad that the distribution list from email method described in
the outlook help file works for you but it does not work for either
Judy or I.

I never said the method in the Help works. I've never read that part of the
help.
What I said was if I have a character string composed of mail addresses
separated by semi-colons (in a text file, for example) and I select that
character string and copy it to the clipboard, when I open a DL and click
Select Members, I can paste this string in the Members field, click OK and
thet all get added to the DL. If that matches what the help said, great.
If it doesn't, it's irrelevant because I wasn't claiming it did.
--
Brian Tillman