Can't open contacts in distribution list sent via email

[Guest]

A co-worker sent me a distribution list as an attachment in an email. We
don't use a Microsoft Exchange Server, so we don't have a Global Contacts
list. I moved the distribution list to my contacts folder but now I can't
open any of the contacts on that distribution list. I keep getting an error
message that says "Could not find contact "xyz". It may have been deleted or
moved from it's original location. Would you like to remove it from this
list?" How can I get access to the contacts on the distribution list that
was sent? Do I need to perform some type of import function or something?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Sounds perfectly normal to me. DL's do not contain Contact Records. They
contain a list of email addresses. You got what you were sent.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Distribution List Nightmare" <Distribution List
(e-mail address removed)> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

 

[Guest]

So in order to get the contact information and not just the email addresses,
does the sender have to forward each contact individually as a vcard? Is
there a way to bulk several contacts together and foward them at once?

Sounds perfectly normal to me. DL's do not contain Contact Records. They
contain a list of email addresses. You got what you were sent.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Distribution List Nightmare" <Distribution List
(e-mail address removed)> wrote in message

A co-worker sent me a distribution list as an attachment in an email. We
don't use a Microsoft Exchange Server, so we don't have a Global Contacts
list. I moved the distribution list to my contacts folder but now I can't
open any of the contacts on that distribution list. I keep getting an
error
message that says "Could not find contact "xyz". It may have been deleted
or
moved from it's original location. Would you like to remove it from this
list?" How can I get access to the contacts on the distribution list that
was sent? Do I need to perform some type of import function or something?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You can forward them as Outlook Items.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Distribution List Nightmare"

So in order to get the contact information and not just the email
addresses,
does the sender have to forward each contact individually as a vcard? Is
there a way to bulk several contacts together and foward them at once?

Sounds perfectly normal to me. DL's do not contain Contact Records. They
contain a list of email addresses. You got what you were sent.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Distribution List Nightmare" <Distribution List
(e-mail address removed)> wrote in message

A co-worker sent me a distribution list as an attachment in an email.
We
don't use a Microsoft Exchange Server, so we don't have a Global
Contacts
list. I moved the distribution list to my contacts folder but now I
can't
open any of the contacts on that distribution list. I keep getting an
error
message that says "Could not find contact "xyz". It may have been
deleted
or
moved from it's original location. Would you like to remove it from
this
list?" How can I get access to the contacts on the distribution list
that
was sent? Do I need to perform some type of import function or
something?