I have exported (BTW done this lots of times) the personel folders, including
the sub folders from outlook 2000 on a xp pro sp2 machine to outlook 2003 on
the same machine. before i deleted the outlook 2000 ( as part of an office
2000 to 2003 update), i exported sll the files to a new pst file. when i
imported( using the import/export wizard) the contacts survived, the
distribution files contact names survived. All folders for mail survived
great. what did not survive was the actual link of names that were in the
distribution list.

to clarify list name( x list ) in outlook 2000 had a hundred names on the
list. after the import all 100 names are in the contact manager, the list
name (x list) shows up in the list under the to area in mail, the 100 names
are not in the(x list) any more. i have 30-40 DL's and i really would not go
through the hassle of relisting all of those names.

If i backgrade back to office 2000, can i point to the old office .pst and
have all the DL's relinked.

Thanks in Advance--you guys (non-gender meant) are the greatist.

frank freeman

Posted here countless times: Exporting and importing are never the correct
way to transfer Outlook Data.
Data is lost when you do.
DL's are among the data you lose.
Just copy your data file and reuse it or open it in the other installation.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"frank.freeman" wrote in message
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I have exported (BTW done this lots of times) the personel folders,
including
the sub folders from outlook 2000 on a xp pro sp2 machine to outlook 2003
on
the same machine. before i deleted the outlook 2000 ( as part of an office
2000 to 2003 update), i exported sll the files to a new pst file. when i
imported( using the import/export wizard) the contacts survived, the
distribution files contact names survived. All folders for mail survived
great. what did not survive was the actual link of names that were in the
distribution list.

to clarify list name( x list ) in outlook 2000 had a hundred names on the
list. after the import all 100 names are in the contact manager, the list
name (x list) shows up in the list under the to area in mail, the 100
names
are not in the(x list) any more. i have 30-40 DL's and i really would not
go
through the hassle of relisting all of those names.

If i backgrade back to office 2000, can i point to the old office .pst and
have all the DL's relinked.

Thanks in Advance--you guys (non-gender meant) are the greatist.

frank freeman