sbp
Wed Mar 26 12:23:01 PDT 2008
Ugh. That's a shame. Since the PDL obviously links to the contact folder, you
would think someone would have written a routine which "fetches" the
associated contact data and adds it as columns to the excel export.
Since distribution lists were created to help manage smaller "bites" of huge
contact lists, it would make sense to be able to work within them more
readily.
"Karl Timmermans" wrote:
> Short answer: no - there is no function available to export "PDL (Personal
> Dist List) "contact details". Technically, PDL contact details include only
> name and email address.
>
> Some background trivia re: PDL info
>
> In simplistic terms, the DL only maintains name and email address along with
> a pointer to either a contact record in any contact folder (if applicable)
> or to the Exch GAL (Global Address List) (also if applicable) which is why
> you are able to see the details when clicking on a DL entry. However, if the
> underlying contact info is deleted in the contact folder or GAL - this info
> is no longer available but the DL entry remains. The contact details for a
> contact record in a regular contact folder differs from the contact details
> found in the Exch GAL and both may be present in any given PDL. In addition,
> if a DL entry pointed to contact in a folder using a custom form - the
> contact info would be displayed using that form. In essence, the "lowest
> common denominator" definition of "full contact info" for entries in a PDL
> would be the fields that are common between a contact record and a GAL entry
> (assuming of course that either of these exist for the actual PDL entry).
>
> Karl
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> "sbp" <sbp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3B44AFA6-C27B-4938-B1DA-256ACDB2238E@microsoft.com...
> >I have a thousand names in Contact List. I have several hundred in a
> > distribution list created from Contact list. I want to export the
> > Distribution List info to Excel. I tried saving as .txt, but only the
> > name
> > and email address is saved in the text file. If I click on a name in the
> > distribution list, I get the full contact info -- but it won't export.
> >
> > Is there any way to export full info from a distribution list? Or is the
> > only resort to go into contact list and pick out one at a time?
>
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