Hi.

I'm in the middle of an Exchange migration from a pop3 environment and have
run into a very strange situation with one of my users who has some big
distribution lists.

I imported her PST file into exchange and it appeared to work just fine, but
she is now missing one of her distribution lists from her contacts folder

This morning I investigated. Here's what happened.

I loaded up another profile with her old PST file and sent the missing
distribution list as an attachment to her Exchange Mailbox using her old pop3
account (we're still using pop3 as the default mail delivery until I change
the MX record and cutover entirely to exchange).
Using her Exchange profile, I received the email in her inbox with the
attached distribution list and dragged and dropped the distribution list into
her contacts.
They showed up just fine in her contacts list.

Here's where it gets weird...

As soon as I hit send/receive and her Outlook mailbox sync'd up with the
exchange server, the distribution list AND the email with the attached
distribution list disappeared from her mailbox's contacts folder and inbox.
The message could not even be found in her deleted folder. It's like it was
never reveived. The distribution list in her contacts disappeared as well.

I understand there are limitations with Distribution list sizes in outlook,
but she never had this problem with this distribution list until we migrated
her to Exchange.

Could someone please explain why this is happening?

Thanks,
Chris

FWIW, DL's (along with a lot of other data) have never survived importing.
That's the reason importing is never the recommended way to transfer Outlook
data. Next time open the PST and copy what you want from it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Chris" wrote in message
...
Hi.

I'm in the middle of an Exchange migration from a pop3 environment and
have
run into a very strange situation with one of my users who has some big
distribution lists.

I imported her PST file into exchange and it appeared to work just fine,
but
she is now missing one of her distribution lists from her contacts folder

This morning I investigated. Here's what happened.

I loaded up another profile with her old PST file and sent the missing
distribution list as an attachment to her Exchange Mailbox using her old
pop3
account (we're still using pop3 as the default mail delivery until I
change
the MX record and cutover entirely to exchange).
Using her Exchange profile, I received the email in her inbox with the
attached distribution list and dragged and dropped the distribution list
into
her contacts.
They showed up just fine in her contacts list.

Here's where it gets weird...

As soon as I hit send/receive and her Outlook mailbox sync'd up with the
exchange server, the distribution list AND the email with the attached
distribution list disappeared from her mailbox's contacts folder and
inbox.
The message could not even be found in her deleted folder. It's like it
was
never reveived. The distribution list in her contacts disappeared as well.

I understand there are limitations with Distribution list sizes in
outlook,
but she never had this problem with this distribution list until we
migrated
her to Exchange.

Could someone please explain why this is happening?

Thanks,
Chris

Ok, nevermind importing the PST file. That's not what is causing the problem
I'm having. Now I'm just adding the distribution list seperately and I'm
having the same problem.

I have the Distribution list as an .MSG file and when I send it to an
Exchange mailbox using a pop3 account, the moment Exchange syncs up with the
mailbox it deletes the message containing the distribution list and deleted
the distribution list from the contacts (if I drag and drop it there).
I've counted the number of contacts in the distribution list and it's at 550
contacts.

What can I do about this? Is there some setting in Exchange that will allow
this distribution list to exist on the server? This was never a problem with
just a PST file in outlook.

Could you explain to me why this distribution list will not exist on the
Exchange server in a mailbox when it was just fine on a PST file in the same
version of outlook?

Please,
Chris


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

FWIW, DL's (along with a lot of other data) have never survived importing.
That's the reason importing is never the recommended way to transfer Outlook
data. Next time open the PST and copy what you want from it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Chris" wrote in message
...
Hi.

I'm in the middle of an Exchange migration from a pop3 environment and
have
run into a very strange situation with one of my users who has some big
distribution lists.

I imported her PST file into exchange and it appeared to work just fine,
but
she is now missing one of her distribution lists from her contacts folder

This morning I investigated. Here's what happened.

I loaded up another profile with her old PST file and sent the missing
distribution list as an attachment to her Exchange Mailbox using her old
pop3
account (we're still using pop3 as the default mail delivery until I
change
the MX record and cutover entirely to exchange).
Using her Exchange profile, I received the email in her inbox with the
attached distribution list and dragged and dropped the distribution list
into
her contacts.
They showed up just fine in her contacts list.

Here's where it gets weird...

As soon as I hit send/receive and her Outlook mailbox sync'd up with the
exchange server, the distribution list AND the email with the attached
distribution list disappeared from her mailbox's contacts folder and
inbox.
The message could not even be found in her deleted folder. It's like it
was
never reveived. The distribution list in her contacts disappeared as well.

I understand there are limitations with Distribution list sizes in
outlook,
but she never had this problem with this distribution list until we
migrated
her to Exchange.

Could someone please explain why this is happening?

Thanks,
Chris

No. Too many Exchange questions here for me. DL's can only be transported as
Outlook Items in RTF messages.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Chris" wrote in message
...
Ok, nevermind importing the PST file. That's not what is causing the
problem
I'm having. Now I'm just adding the distribution list seperately and I'm
having the same problem.

I have the Distribution list as an .MSG file and when I send it to an
Exchange mailbox using a pop3 account, the moment Exchange syncs up with
the
mailbox it deletes the message containing the distribution list and
deleted
the distribution list from the contacts (if I drag and drop it there).
I've counted the number of contacts in the distribution list and it's at
550
contacts.

What can I do about this? Is there some setting in Exchange that will
allow
this distribution list to exist on the server? This was never a problem
with
just a PST file in outlook.

Could you explain to me why this distribution list will not exist on the
Exchange server in a mailbox when it was just fine on a PST file in the
same
version of outlook?

Please,
Chris


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

FWIW, DL's (along with a lot of other data) have never survived
importing.
That's the reason importing is never the recommended way to transfer
Outlook
data. Next time open the PST and copy what you want from it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Chris" wrote in message
...
Hi.

I'm in the middle of an Exchange migration from a pop3 environment and
have
run into a very strange situation with one of my users who has some big
distribution lists.

I imported her PST file into exchange and it appeared to work just
fine,
but
she is now missing one of her distribution lists from her contacts
folder

This morning I investigated. Here's what happened.

I loaded up another profile with her old PST file and sent the missing
distribution list as an attachment to her Exchange Mailbox using her
old
pop3
account (we're still using pop3 as the default mail delivery until I
change
the MX record and cutover entirely to exchange).
Using her Exchange profile, I received the email in her inbox with the
attached distribution list and dragged and dropped the distribution
list
into
her contacts.
They showed up just fine in her contacts list.

Here's where it gets weird...

As soon as I hit send/receive and her Outlook mailbox sync'd up with
the
exchange server, the distribution list AND the email with the attached
distribution list disappeared from her mailbox's contacts folder and
inbox.
The message could not even be found in her deleted folder. It's like
it
was
never reveived. The distribution list in her contacts disappeared as
well.

I understand there are limitations with Distribution list sizes in
outlook,
but she never had this problem with this distribution list until we
migrated
her to Exchange.

Could someone please explain why this is happening?

Thanks,
Chris