distribution lists used with rule wizard

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I am trying to set up a spam filter for my daughters' PC
so that any mail not from someone in their address books
get deleted automatically. I have done this successfully
by adding each member of the address book individually to
the except clause of the rule.

Since I use this list in several rules I would prefer to
use a DL in the rules so I only have to add new contacts
to the DL rather than every rule. When I do this however
Outlook says it doesn't allow Personal DLs in rules. My
question then is how can I make a nonpersonal DL and will
the rule be happy to use it?

Thanks in advance,
Rod.
 
I am trying to set up a spam filter for my daughters' PC so that any
mail not from someone in their address books get deleted automatically.
I have done this successfully by adding each member of the address book
individually to the except clause of the rule.

Since I use this list in several rules I would prefer to use a DL in
the rules so I only have to add new contacts to the DL rather than
every rule. When I do this however Outlook says it doesn't allow
Personal DLs in rules. My question then is how can I make a nonpersonal
DL and will the rule be happy to use it?

Thanks in advance,
Rod.
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What version of Outlook are you using?
 
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What version of Outlook are you using?

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The PC has Outlook 2000 (9.0.0.2711) installed

it gives me the following message in a popup window when
I try to add a DL to the except clause -

'friends' is a personal distribution list that may not be
used with this feature. Would you like to use the
individual members of 'friends' instead?

Interestingly responding yes to this does not add the
contents of the DL to the clause either...
 
The PC has Outlook 2000 (9.0.0.2711) installed
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That's too bad. Outlook 2003 will do this VERY easily.

it gives me the following message in a popup window when I try to add a
DL to the except clause -

'friends' is a personal distribution list that may not be used with
this feature. Would you like to use the individual members of 'friends'
instead?

Interestingly responding yes to this does not add the contents of the
DL to the clause either...
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Hmmmm....I would have expected it to add the individual names. How many
contacts are we talking about? 10? 100? 500?
 
That's too bad. Outlook 2003 will do this VERY easily.
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Hmmmm....I would have expected it to add the individual
names. How many contacts are we talking about? 10?
100? 500?
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the list is about 20 contacts long.

Can you help with the other part of my original question
then...can I make a nonpersonal (public?) DL and will
this work with the rule's except clause?
 
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