No Spam said:Sue, I assume your disdain for Personal DLs stems from how
difficult they can be to maintain since GAL changes do not propogate
to the client PST/Contact Folders.
In *this* particular situation, the GAL is extremely stable
and controlled (Navy-Marine Corps Intranet or NMCI). Email addresses
change very, very infrequently (if ever, which can be an issue if they
spelled your name incorrectly!)
I participate in several integrated product teams (IPT),
exchanging several dozen emails daily. The addressees routinely
number up to twenty, and people are usually members of several
different IPTs (requiring different DL). Only a few are not a part of
the NMCI GAL mentioned above (use SMTP addresses). Have I missed a
reasonable alternative to the Personal DL? The NMCI rules prohibit
additional programs or utilites outside of MS-Office 2K Pro, although
I can build & run macros & VBA (curiously).
I have tried creating a template for each "DL" to be used as a
"master", and copied the addressees to the other email (usually a
REPLY or FORWARD). This has the additional benefit of allowing me to
edit out individual names (unlike the DL). Tedious, though.
Although I've become dependent on Outlook and Office, for
simple email tasks I do miss Eudora's flexibility at times...
Sue, thanks for any valuable insight you can provide. You
have no idea how wonderfully helpful you've been over the years...
You, too, Russ - havoc wreaking genetic mutations and all!
BTW, a trivial question: is it properly "email" or the hyphenated
"e-mail"??
/Lac/
No Spam said:Thanks Russ - I was afraid of that. Looks like it's time to brush up
on the VBA and begin pestering Sue!
/lac/
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 05:09:25 -0500, "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]"
There is no native way to do so in Outlook 2000. You'd need a third party
utility. You might be able to find some here:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/contacts.htm
From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]> <#[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Easiest way to build a DL from many TO or CC names in a received email? <= longish follow-up
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Most people who think they want to work with personal DLs have in mind a 200-person or larger mailing list of customers or clients. It takes a huge amount of work to maintain such a thing, especially when you consider that you can expect a 5-10% NDR rate for that kind of mailing list. Your case may be more manageable.
I have exactly 2 personal DLs that I use for work with an organization that I belong to, and even I have messed up by forgetting to remove or add a name or by seeing the DL (or more likely its autocomplete entry) get corrupted.
For anything else, I use categories and/or mail merge.
As for email vs. e-mail, I am forever confounding my editors by using both, sometimes in the same document, and I'll probably continue to do so until they get around to compiling a reasonable written style guide. (We won't even discuss the issue of "plain text" vs. "plaintext" any more.)
If you had Outlook 2003, you could expand a personal DL in any message and delete any names you want, but I know you can't control the version you have.
In your situation, it would be nice if the Exchange admin could build and maintain the DLs for the IPTs. Seems to me that's sort of their job. But again, I know that's out of your control.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
No Spam said:Sue, I assume your disdain for Personal DLs stems from how
difficult they can be to maintain since GAL changes do not propogate
to the client PST/Contact Folders.
In *this* particular situation, the GAL is extremely stable
and controlled (Navy-Marine Corps Intranet or NMCI). Email addresses
change very, very infrequently (if ever, which can be an issue if they
spelled your name incorrectly!)
I participate in several integrated product teams (IPT),
exchanging several dozen emails daily. The addressees routinely
number up to twenty, and people are usually members of several
different IPTs (requiring different DL). Only a few are not a part of
the NMCI GAL mentioned above (use SMTP addresses). Have I missed a
reasonable alternative to the Personal DL? The NMCI rules prohibit
additional programs or utilites outside of MS-Office 2K Pro, although
I can build & run macros & VBA (curiously).
I have tried creating a template for each "DL" to be used as a
"master", and copied the addressees to the other email (usually a
REPLY or FORWARD). This has the additional benefit of allowing me to
edit out individual names (unlike the DL). Tedious, though.
Although I've become dependent on Outlook and Office, for
simple email tasks I do miss Eudora's flexibility at times...
Sue, thanks for any valuable insight you can provide. You
have no idea how wonderfully helpful you've been over the years...
You, too, Russ - havoc wreaking genetic mutations and all!
BTW, a trivial question: is it properly "email" or the hyphenated
"e-mail"??
/Lac/
Thanks Russ - I was afraid of that. Looks like it's time to brush up
on the VBA and begin pestering Sue!
/lac/
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 05:09:25 -0500, "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]"
There is no native way to do so in Outlook 2000. You'd need a third party
utility. You might be able to find some here:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/contacts.htm