how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge

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    - Can not add names to distribution list My computer crashed completely, running XP with Outlook 2003. I bought a new one running Vista and reloaded Outlook 2003. The only way to get my contacts back on the new laptop was to run a sync from my iPhone and it did return all my contacts to Outlook. However, I can not add any contacts to a new distribution list because the dialogue box to select from has only the contacts name without any email address. I have tried some fixes based on previous answers but to no avail. I hope someone can help! Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126110
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    - Fields reverting on the contacts I have about 9 users sharing 5 different contacts we created in outlook 2003.These contacts have customised fields.For some reason,fields on the contacts keeps reverting to the fields from one of the 5 contacts.This doesn't happen to a certain contact and affects all 5 contacts.Is there anyway of locking all the fileds to the respective contact lists?Any help would be greatly appreciated. Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126104
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    - How do I automatically add replied to emails into Contacts 2007? I want to be able to automatically add replied to email addresses to me email address book /contacts for Outlook 2007 Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126102
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    - Date field on custom form I have created a custom form that has several different date fields. I just want a date, but when I print the contact form these fields show up with a date and a time (the default seems to be 8:00am). I have gone into the 'Design this form' view to see the properties of these fields, and the value type is date/time - is there a way to make it strictly a date field with no associated time? Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126101
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    - Outlook 07, drop-down values for Contacts using a table view Hi, I have created several drop-down list fields for new contacts. They work fine in a standard form view. However, when I switch to a table view of my contacts and locate the fields, I cannot use the drop-down values to choose from. I can input the information manually, but I would rather use the drop-down list (to minimize mistakes). Is there a way to see drop-down values for Contacts using a table view? Thanks, Haruspex Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126100
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    - Print Photos In OL2007 Contact List I am using Outlook 2007 with Exchange Server and our company has photos of each user in our company contacts. We are trying to print the contact list but the newly added photos do not show up when printed. Is there a way to get these photos to show up on a printed copy???? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Paul Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126099
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    - Inserting addresses to Word I've set up contacts to include Title. When I insert an address in Word (into a letter, for instance), the title runs into the first name: Ms.Anna When I look at it in Contacts, Full Name Display, it appears correctly: Ms. Anna. I tried going into the Title entry and adding a space after the period, but it makes no difference. Thoughts? Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126097
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    - Count Flags I am using Outlook 2007. I have pulled several hundred contacts into a new list and am flagging certan responses. Is there a way to "CCOUNT" flags automatically? Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126096
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    - Drop down box Contacts that are added automatically but are not co Someone would like me to restore the list off their old computer to a new one of all the contacts that were in that list. This is the list the appears in the To: box when you start typing that will show names that fit what you have started typing. A lot of these names are not contacts and just put their automatically. Is there away to restore this? Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126095
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    - Contact list does not appear in new message. I am using OLK 2003. While creating a new message I wanted to pick addressee from the contacts list but it shows nothing. Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126086
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    - How do I reorder the list of views in Contacts? I have a list of m Current Views for Contacts on the Left-hand side of my Outlook 2007 running on Vista Business SP1. THEY ARE THE ONES WITH RADIO BUTTONS. They are in random order. How can I arrange them in alphabetical order? I am not asking how to re-order a view iteself (which is straighforward). It's the list of different available views in the left hand pane that I want to re-order. Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126084
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    - Outlook Distribution List I transfered contacts from my old computer to my new one. Now in Outlook 2007, I cannot add members to a distribution list. How do I fix? Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126076
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    - edit the default business card view in contacts Using Outlook 2007 I like the business card view but can't seem to find a way to change the default view. I want to eliminate the design on the card and just how text. I can do it on indivisual contacts but want to change the default. Thanks. Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126075
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    - My contacts are not indexed in Outlook I knew we would not be able to use Outlook for email, but I wanted to use it for a Contact Manager. I entered all of my contacts, and now when searching for a specific one, I cannot search by company name or first name, only by last name. This is very frustrating. There is a message that says Outlook is still indexing my contacts... I tried to force the index by going through "my computer" and this action did not help. I have Outlook 2007, and Vista. Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126071
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    - Ordering Current Views in Contacts I have a list of m Current Views for Contacts on the Left-hand side of my Outlook 2007 running on Vista Business SP1. They are the ones with Radio Buttons beside each one. They are in random order. How can I arrange them in alphabetical order? Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126065
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    - Want to make a Distribution List, but no members are listed to sel Recently, my husband and I switched computers. We swapped all files. All of my Outlook contacts are present, my email works, etc. However, I attempted to email out a message to a distribution list and it wouldn't work. It said the contacts wern't available. I thought it was a glitch and so I deleted the list and was going to make a new distribution list. But, when I went to select new members, there are none even though I can see them if I click on contacts. When the box pops up to select new members, the box is empty. If I try to click "show names from" drop down box, nothing drops down (i.e. alternate folders). Help! I know it has got to be something so simple, but I am stumped. Ideas anyone? Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126063
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    - Master Categories in Outlook 2007 Hi, Is anyone that is using Outlook 2007 have a master category list shared among computers? I want multible computers share the same mater category list so when someone adds a category, all computers have it. Thanks, Kevin Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126058
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    - clearing out auto address completion Hello, how do I clear out the auto address completion - there is an address that always comes up that is not in my contact list - it was a one time email and I don't want it to pop up every time I create a new email - I would only like outlook to plull addresses from my contact list thanks in advance Bill Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126056
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    - MS Outlook and Custom Fields Can someone please tell me how can I add a custom field in my contacts list. Instead of using Business 1; Business 2, I would like to have an option that says Pre-Sales; Technical Support; Customer Service etc... Looking forward to your response. Thank you Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126048
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    - Outlook Contacts Field reverting I have about 9 users sharing 5 different contacts we created.These contact lists have customised fields.For some reason,fields on the contacts keeps reverting to the fields from another contact list.This doesn't happen to a certain contact list and affects all 5 contact lists.Is there anyway of locking all the fileds to the respective contact lists?Any help would be greatly appreciated. Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126045
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    - incompatibility between office XP and 2003 Hello, Daily i get 20 to 30 emails, i add them to DL based on different dates and after adding to DL i use to delete the contacts from address book because i only need email ID to send any promotions in future. It was working fine. I was using office XP. Reason to delete the Email ID from address book after adding to DL is we keep on adding contacts on daily basis and need seperate them date wise. so after adding new contacts to address book it will place itself alphabetically in address book so it becomes for us to search that contact and then add it to new date wise DL so once we add all contacts to DL we delete them from address book so when we add new contacts we come to know that this is newly added and we then add it to new date wise Dl and again delete it from address book. Now i upgraded to office 2003 and the problem is after adding the contact to DL when i delete the contact from address book , the contact from DL is also getting deleted.So how can i recolve this? Or whether we are following any wrong procedure to adding contacts tp DL? thanks and waiting for your cooperation regards SAM Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126038
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    - Copying contacts from one profile to another in OL2003? WinXP Home SP2, Outlook 2003. How can I copy selected contacts from one profile to another in Outlook 2003? Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126034
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    - Create NEW Contact Template - Outlook 2007... I have a friend who knows how to customize the existing contact template but was wondering if you can create one from scratch, and if so, where can he get some information on how to do this. Sorry, but I don't have Outlook 2007 so I haven't the resources to try it myself. TIA! Bill Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126032
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    - how do I export email addresses from my desk computer to my lapto. I have a laptop networked with my home computer. How do I get my email contacts from home computer to my laptop? Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126028
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    - Shared Contact Folder Permissions I am working on an Exchange Server 2003 with Outlook 2007. A few months ago I created a shared contact folder from a contact name, so additional contacts could be added into this folder; this acts very much like a database in Outlook. I had made myself as the Owner of the folder. I now need to remove one of the contact entries in the folder, but I do not have permission to do so. I cannot remember exactly how I created the folder in the first place, to be able to recreate it correctly with the proper permissions. I did set others up as reviewers of the folder, and some as editors, but I am suppose to be the only one that can delete and entry. This folder is not one of the Public Folders in my list. Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126023
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    - Addomg a Category to a group in the Distribution List Is there a simple way of taking a distribution list and adding a category to each person on the list, without having to do it one by one. I've tried selecting them all and then right clicking or using "actions"...but, I can't figure it out. Thank you! Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126020
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    - outlook express Hi, is there any way I can retrieve a list of contacts I accidentally deleted? I only wanted to delete the contact not the whole list. Is there a way to just delete one contact from the list. Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126018
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    - How do you search for telephone numbers in Outlook 2003 Is there away of searching telephone numbers that have been stored as contacts within outlook 2003? Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126013
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    - outlook 2007 and farorites Maybe this is a simular problem. I hope this is the right group. I have Outlook 2007. The favorites folder used to have items like 'unread or maybe 'unread from contacts.' At any rate the favorite folder now has 2 things. 'Sent Items' and 'Inbox'. I know I can drag folders to the favorites, but I can't find either of the folders I mentioned above. "I want a unread mail, and unread" mail from contact. Any ideas? I appreciate any thing you can tell me. Dave Smith Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126011
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    - Amend a Caption on the Form Hi, I want to change the captions on the default contact form for Telephone numbers. Is this easy to do, and how do I do it? I have tried opening the form and then choosing edit this form, but the captions don't seem to change. Thanks in advance Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 126002
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    - Contacts w/images? I have set up over 400 contacts that have a image attached to each of them and I can view them fine. When I export them and import them into a different mailbox the contacts are there but the images aren't. Any ideas on how I can get this to work? Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 125999
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    - importing a list of email addresses can anyone advise me how to import two columns of (1) contact names and (2) email addresses from an excel spreadsheet into my Outlook Address List? Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 125985
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    - spaces in email address We have an external email server that allows for addressing email to group names but the group names contain spaces. In our Groupwise address book I was able to create a 'contact' with an email address of "Group Name"@domain.com Double quoting the string allowed GW to treat it as a valid email address. Outlook won't accept the double quotes as delimiters for the group name. I have tried several other characters with no success. How can I specify the group name, including the spaces, in the Email address field for Outlook 2007? Thanks. Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 125981
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    - vCard never saves "IM address" or "Display As" (for email) Sorry for the repost but this similar question has not been answered or responded to for 3 months now (from someone else) so I thought I'd take a stab at asking the public myself with my specific needs. When I create a vCard *for signatures* in Outlook 2003, the .vcf file located in the "C:\Documents and Settings\%windows_username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Signatures" folder does not retain the "IM address" or "Display As" field. vCard details are never imported/saved correctly UNLESS I edit the .vcf file with Notepad and code it in manually using keywords. Specifically, I don't know the keywords to add "IM Address" and "Display As" (for email) but I do for others, such as the "Notes" field. Can anyone help with the other two? For notes, I use the keywords "NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE: Some text here". Is there any way to do this for "IM Address" and "Display As" for email address also? Please help. Thanks in advance. Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 125980
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    - Look For Dialog Usage in Contacts Folder Hello, Does anyone know of a reference or list of the native Outlook fields that the "Look For" dialog will automatically search in when it is used from one of the contact views, typically address cards or detailed address cards in my case, without having to resort to the "Advanced Find" dialog? I have custom fields that I am populating via Access and the Look For does not seem to search them, which is not surprising, but it also does not seem to search more then just a very few of the standard Outlook fields. Any help or assistance that anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated. -- W. Daryll Combs Jennica Data Systems Inc. Cincinnati OH Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 125977
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    - Need Import/Export help ASAP Created .csv file from business card scanner, imported to Outlook contacts. Two problems: 1. It didn't read the fields right 2. I need to remove the contacts imported WITHOUT deleting other contacts previously in contacts prior to import Anyone have any ideas on how to remove the import? Undo obviously not an option Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 125976
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    - Migrating Outlook 2003 Contacts to New Exchange Mailbox I recently acquired a MS Exchange mailbox from my email hosting company and set up wireless Blackberry synchronization. Everything went smoothly except that my Outlook Contacts are not in my new Outlook profile files. Blackberry tech support made me wipe everything off the Blackberry during the setup process. I have exported the contacts from the old file into a .csv file and imported them into the new profile. I also tried to export to a .pst file. After importing I can see my contacts but when composing a new email I don't see them when I click on the "To" button to call up my address book. I looked in the properties and the box is checked to generate Exchange views. They are also not synchronizing with my Blackberry. I do have a backup for the Blackberry made with the Blackberry desktop manager but I can't access this because the Blackberry is set to sync wirelessly now. I don't know how often the sync occurs so I have waited more then 24 hours to see if the contacts showed up on the Blackberry. What have I done wrong? Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 125975
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    - Outlook Contacts My boss has asked for help with his outlook contacts. When he goes to his contacts he actually has two folders. One of these folders is empty while one has all the data. He would like to get rid of the second, empty icon -- Florence Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 125973
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    - Contacts Group export I have formed a Contacts Group within the My Contacts folder of Outlook 2007 and wish to E-mail just that Group to a colleague. Is this possible? If so, how or do I have to export the whole contacts file? Brian Hampson Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 125972
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    - How can I list SKYPE addresses in my Outlook address book? There is no "box" to add SKYPE addresses in the contact window of Outlook. Surely, someone has had this problem and solved it. I can't! -- gene Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 125970
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    - Emailing Shared Contacts We have shared mailboxes in outlook exchange. When composing emails, it does not bring up those shared contacts...just my own. Is there a way to get them in there? Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 125950
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    - Not receiving yahoo mail on hotmail account tho on Safe Senders I am using Outlook 2007. Have placed yahoo.com in my Safe Senders list, since I am not getting mail from folks with yahoo.com e-mail addresses. Still not getting from them, even tho they are in my Outlook Contacts list and Hotmail is set to accept mail from everyone in Contacts. Suggestions? Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 125947
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    - Outlook contacts cant check addressbook box Iâ??m sure this has been asked before but I am getting very frustrated trying to find the answer. I am trying to convert my contact list so it can be used as an address book, argâ?¦ I click on properties but I cannot check the box that says make available as address book. I tried to create a new address book and same deal. Why do we constantly have to change this stuff??? How can I get my contact list to be seen in address book 2007 Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 125939
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    - marking contacts private In OL 2007, how do I mark a contact as "private"? Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 125933
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    - Contacts missing since moving to Exchange We use Outlook 2007 and since we have switched over to an Exchange server, some of our contacts are missing. We did move each persons contacts from their personal contact folder to the Contact folder for their exchange mailbox. Not all but many of each persons contacts are missing. I am not sure what the common link is but it is happening to everyone. We look in the global folder, the individual address books and the contacts lists but don't understand why they are not there. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 125931
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    - Fonts in Contact not saving when e-mailed How do you get the font setting in your contact to be retained when e-mailing the contact to someone? Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 125929
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    - How to set default on Select Names window? I clicked on: (1) New Mail Message (2) To. A window named Select Names appeared. I pressed down arrow and changed the contents of the Select Names window from Select Names: POP.ATT.YAHOO.COM to Select Names: CONTACTS. How can I set the default setting for the Select Names window? Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 125927
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    - Outlook 2007 I just upgraded my computers to Office 2007 from Office 2003. When I used Outlook 2003, my contacts were arranged by categories. With the upgrade to 2007, I still have my contacts and they are still labeled with their category. The problem is that when I create a new contact, I don't have my master category list, just the default list. I also click on the "all categories" but my master categories are still missing. Any ideas? Thanks, Kevin Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 125923
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    - Copying contacts from the TO: field of a message I received Hi, In Outlook 2003 version, when someone sent me an email message with many of their contacts listed in the To: field, I could right click on them and add them to my address book. I can't seem to do this in the 2007 version. Right clicking opens up hypelink options. Thanks for your help. Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 125920
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    - How do I change how the drop down contact list looks? How do I modify the list of names in the drop down list so that the names are listed alphabetically by last name rather than by first name as they are now? How do I remove one of the columns from the contact list (Display Name) leaving just the name and e-mail address? Tag: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge Tag: 125918

Re: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge by Brian

Brian
Tue Jun 24 19:12:14 PDT 2008

hams1802 <hams1802@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
<nothing>

With no information whatsoever, the best I can do is File>New>Distribution
List
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Re: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge by Russ

Russ
Tue Jun 24 19:36:19 PDT 2008

...realizing of course that you cannot even use a DL for a mail merge.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Brian Tillman" <tillman1952@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:eFw1fmm1IHA.4948@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> hams1802 <hams1802@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> <nothing>
>
> With no information whatsoever, the best I can do is File>New>Distribution
> List
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Re: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge by Brian

Brian
Wed Jun 25 06:10:06 PDT 2008

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] <russval@gmail.com> wrote:

> ...realizing of course that you cannot even use a DL for a mail merge.

Right. Since the entire question was contained in the subject, I missed
that bit of the original post.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Re: how can i set up a distribution list to be used with email merge by Russ

Russ
Wed Jun 25 13:19:05 PDT 2008

No wonder. There was no original post.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Brian Tillman" <tillman1952@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:%2309JHWs1IHA.3884@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] <russval@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> ...realizing of course that you cannot even use a DL for a mail merge.
>
> Right. Since the entire question was contained in the subject, I missed
> that bit of the original post.
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]