Diane you are a star i have been trying to sort this 4 ages!!

Thanks Diane for your detailed solution of the problem.

THANK YOU, DIANE!
THIS PROBLEM WAS DRIVING ME CRAZY.
MAYBE IT'S THE NAME...
THANKS AGAIN, DIANE THOMS

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

it doesn't matter how the addresses are entered - if the dl is valid it will
resolve.

How did you create this DL? You may need to delete it and start over. You
can save the addresses out (File,Save as) to a text file and copy and paste
them into the new one if need be.

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"bdink1223" wrote in message
...
Yes, I even did a test one with just two email addresses (mine and my
son's)
and get the same results. I think if I can get Contacts to show up in my
"show names from" in the address books, it might work? But I can't get
that
either.

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

Have you opened the DL and verified it has valid addresses?

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"bdink1223" wrote in message
...
I set up my distribution list in Outlook 2003 and it does show up in my
contacts. I can right-click and then click on the New Message to
Contact.
However, when the new message window comes up, the name of the
distribution
list is plain text - there is no plus sign and it is not bold. Any
ideas?