Diane
Thu Jul 31 15:13:57 PDT 2008
See
http://www.slipstick.com/Tutorials/dl/dl.asp
You can also use file, save as, but I like this method because I don't have
to go looking for the file.
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"Vorv" <Vorv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B68565AF-AB97-4BE9-84D3-1CBA79B6152C@microsoft.com...
> Hi Diane:
>
> I've got all the way to the send > internet format. When I open the .txt
> attachment, it only has the name of the DL, with no member info. How are
> you
> opening the form? Any further insight would be appreciated.
>
> PV
>
> "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Open the DL form. Under the office icon is the save and close button,
>> Send
>> button with dropdown, and Delete. Click the Send button and choose
>> internet
>> format. This creates a new message with a text attachment. Open the
>> attachment and close the new message. you'll need to work the text to
>> make
>> it delimited, there is no way around that.
>>
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>> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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>> "Vorv" <Vorv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:99B769DE-19F7-406F-A4BF-1E96BE7176EA@microsoft.com...
>> > Thanks Diane.
>> >
>> > I use 2007, but can't find the "send in internet format" option.
>> >
>> > I have done the following:
>> >
>> > opened a new email, typed in the DL and expanded it to show all the
>> > aliases.
>> > Chose "save as" text, but the file just gave me the aliases in plain
>> > text.
>> > No email addresses.
>> >
>> > I feel like I'm almost there... any other insight would be appreciated!
>> >
>> > PV
>> >
>> > "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Not sure if this works in other versions - but in Outlook 2007, open
>> >> the
>> >> DL
>> >> and choose Send... in internet format. The new message will have a
>> >> text
>> >> attachment with the display names and email addresses. You can also
>> >> save
>> >> as
>> >> text or rtf file. They'll be in column format - you'll need to work
>> >> them
>> >> in
>> >> word or Excel to remove the display names and comma delimit the
>> >> addresses.
>> >>
>> >> If that is not an option in your version - these are other methods:
>> >> if you received a copy of a message to the DL, check the header and
>> >> with
>> >> some effort cleaning it up, you could get the addresses from the
>> >> internet
>> >> header.
>> >>
>> >> Print to an electronic format and OCR it. If you use Acrobat, print to
>> >> it
>> >> and copy the addresses using the text tool. You'll need to clean the
>> >> file
>> >> up to remove the display names. (The fastest way seems to be to crop
>> >> it
>> >> so
>> >> just the addresses are in the file then OCR or whatever.)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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>> >> "Vorv" <Vorv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:CF0FF44E-5CEA-4AD3-B26D-4E143706A901@microsoft.com...
>> >> > I have a distribution list that displays the aliases - I want to
>> >> > pull
>> >> > just
>> >> > the email address so that I end up with (example):
>> >> >
>> >> > joe@ms.com,jane@ms.com,trudy@ms.com,james@ms.com
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Is this possible?
>> >> >
>> >>
>>