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I'm using Outlook 2002 (10.2627.2625) on Windows XP. My contacts were
imported from Netscape Communicator 4.79, which may have something to do with
this.
I've got a distribution list in my contacts folder. One of the members of
the list has a new address. I go to that contact and make the change there.
It isn't reflected in the distribution list, as I assumed it would be. As it
turns out, I have been inadvertently sending email to an outdated email
address for 4 months now.
After being informed of the mistake, I look into it. I try again and again
to get the distribution list updated. I tried hitting the ‘Update Now’
button. I deleted the contact from the list, and then added it again. Same
thing. I remove the contact from the list, save and close the list, open the
list back up, add the contact… same thing. I delete the contact from the
list, then delete it from my contacts folder, create a new contact, add that
contact to the list, SAME THING.
Eventually, I end up deleting the contact from everything again, closing
outlook, opening it back up, creating a new contact, and adding that to the
list.
Okay, now here’s where it gets strange. At this point, I’m thinking this is
a major bug in Outlook. I mean, if the distribution list doesn’t update as
changes are made to the individual contacts, what’s the point? So like a
good boy, I try to recreate the problem, but can’t. Every change I make to
the other contacts in this list makes it to the distribution list.
Any ideas what the freaky/freakin’ problem was? Is there some sort of
strange caching going on inside the distribution list? Could it have
something to do with my contacts being imported from Netscape? I have had
other strange issues with my contacts related to the Netscape import. For
example, when listing my contacts by Company, which is what I usually do, the
contacts with no company are split into two groups, those I imported from
Netscape, and those created in Outlook, but the two groups have the exact
same heading.
imported from Netscape Communicator 4.79, which may have something to do with
this.
I've got a distribution list in my contacts folder. One of the members of
the list has a new address. I go to that contact and make the change there.
It isn't reflected in the distribution list, as I assumed it would be. As it
turns out, I have been inadvertently sending email to an outdated email
address for 4 months now.
After being informed of the mistake, I look into it. I try again and again
to get the distribution list updated. I tried hitting the ‘Update Now’
button. I deleted the contact from the list, and then added it again. Same
thing. I remove the contact from the list, save and close the list, open the
list back up, add the contact… same thing. I delete the contact from the
list, then delete it from my contacts folder, create a new contact, add that
contact to the list, SAME THING.
Eventually, I end up deleting the contact from everything again, closing
outlook, opening it back up, creating a new contact, and adding that to the
list.
Okay, now here’s where it gets strange. At this point, I’m thinking this is
a major bug in Outlook. I mean, if the distribution list doesn’t update as
changes are made to the individual contacts, what’s the point? So like a
good boy, I try to recreate the problem, but can’t. Every change I make to
the other contacts in this list makes it to the distribution list.
Any ideas what the freaky/freakin’ problem was? Is there some sort of
strange caching going on inside the distribution list? Could it have
something to do with my contacts being imported from Netscape? I have had
other strange issues with my contacts related to the Netscape import. For
example, when listing my contacts by Company, which is what I usually do, the
contacts with no company are split into two groups, those I imported from
Netscape, and those created in Outlook, but the two groups have the exact
same heading.