import a distribution list
 

I have Outlook 2007.

I have been able to export a distribution list from Outlook as a txt file
separated by tab.

I am now trying to import this on another machine that has some of the
people in the distributio list but not others. The list is huge and I don't
want to do this one by one.

How can I import the distribution list?

import a distribution list
 

You can't. You can only import a tab or comma separated file into a Contacts
Folder, never a DL.
Why would you have exported a DL in the first place? You aren't changing
programs are you? This is Outlook. Outlook uses Outlook data, not other
formats. Leave your data in Outlook format. Always.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Scotty" wrote in message
...
I have Outlook 2007.

I have been able to export a distribution list from Outlook as a txt file
separated by tab.

I am now trying to import this on another machine that has some of the
people in the distributio list but not others. The list is huge and I
don't
want to do this one by one.

How can I import the distribution list?

import a distribution list
 

Scotty wrote:

I have been able to export a distribution list from Outlook as a txt
file separated by tab.

I am now trying to import this on another machine that has some of the
people in the distributio list but not others. The list is huge and I
don't want to do this one by one.

How can I import the distribution list?

While you can't import it, you can use copy/paste to rebuild the DL. Select
the list of names/addresses from the text file and paste it into the Members
field of the "Select Members" dialogue.
--
Brian Tillman

import a distribution list
 

Results will vary depending on the format of the data. Not sure it works
with a Tab delimited file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
...
Scotty wrote:

I have been able to export a distribution list from Outlook as a txt
file separated by tab.

I am now trying to import this on another machine that has some of the
people in the distributio list but not others. The list is huge and I
don't want to do this one by one.

How can I import the distribution list?

While you can't import it, you can use copy/paste to rebuild the DL.
Select the list of names/addresses from the text file and paste it into
the Members field of the "Select Members" dialogue.
--
Brian Tillman

import a distribution list
 

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:

Results will vary depending on the format of the data. Not sure it
works with a Tab delimited file.

I tried it.
--
Brian Tillman

import a distribution list
 

Thanks all for the reply.

The pasting of the names/address's worked.

import a distribution list
 

Cool. How did you get the names and addresses to match, or did you just
paste addresses only?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
...
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:

Results will vary depending on the format of the data. Not sure it
works with a Tab delimited file.

I tried it.
--
Brian Tillman

import a distribution list
 

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:

Cool. How did you get the names and addresses to match, or did you
just paste addresses only?

If the format is

nametabaddresses
nametabaddress
....etc...

the DL will sort it out.
--
Brian Tillman

import a distribution list
 

Good to know.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
...
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:

Cool. How did you get the names and addresses to match, or did you
just paste addresses only?

If the format is

nametabaddresses
nametabaddress
...etc...

the DL will sort it out.
--
Brian Tillman

import a distribution list
 

My computer has MY Outlook, containing MY contacts, MY calendar, and MY emails.
If I wanted to take this on a memory stick, as my .pst, across the Atlantic,
so that I could use it on, e.g. my son's computer, how would this work? If I
opened HIS Outlook, containing HIS contacts, HIS calendar, and HIS emails,
where would my stuff be? Doesn't each computer only have one Outlook? The
more I look into this, the more confusing, difficult, and enraging it
becomes. Haven't young business people been nipping round the world with all
their records on little gadgets like palm pilots, mobile phones, ipods,
blackberries, etc. synching their stuff so they don't have to drag their
computers with them? There must be a secret club from which I am excluded.
Why can't I just convert it all to some format which can be stored in "my
documents". One can't even transfer one email into a Word document without
first forwarding it to oneself if the from-to-date-time-subject is to get
included. How do people keep records of their emails in a form where they can
be stored in a relevant place where they can be found when required?


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You can't. You can only import a tab or comma separated file into a Contacts
Folder, never a DL.
Why would you have exported a DL in the first place? You aren't changing
programs are you? This is Outlook. Outlook uses Outlook data, not other
formats. Leave your data in Outlook format. Always.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Scotty" wrote in message
...
I have Outlook 2007.

I have been able to export a distribution list from Outlook as a txt file
separated by tab.

I am now trying to import this on another machine that has some of the
people in the distributio list but not others. The list is huge and I
don't
want to do this one by one.

How can I import the distribution list?