Export Outlook Contact Distribution lists by email

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Helen Cavendish

I have created several Contact Lists in Outlook. I want to send these lists
by email to a third party so that they can import these lists and then use
them on their PC. Can this be done and if so how? We do not share a server.
 
Helen Cavendish said:
I have created several Contact Lists in Outlook. I want to send these lists
by email to a third party so that they can import these lists and then use
them on their PC. Can this be done and if so how? We do not share a
server.
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Not by exporting. Create a new pst file (File-New-Outlook Data File) and
copy the contacts to that file. Close the file, and email that. Your
recipient does the reverse. File-Open-Outlook Data File. BTW, you may have
to zip the pst file to get it past the Outlook security...
 
G'day Helen

There's no such thing as a "Contact List". There are Folders and
Distribution Lists.

If you have made Distribution Lists, you can email them to others by using
"Insert Item" in an email.

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Judy Gleeson
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Do you mean Distribution Lists? If yes, create an Outlook Rich Text
Formatted message, use File->Insert->Item, browse to your contacts folder,
expand it and select your DL. Instruct the recipient to double click on the
DL and select File->Save to get it into their contacts folder.

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After furious head scratching, Gordon asked:

| message || I have created several Contact Lists in Outlook. I want to send
|| these lists by email to a third party so that they can import these
|| lists and then use them on their PC. Can this be done and if so how?
|| We do not share a server.
|
|
| Not by exporting. Create a new pst file (File-New-Outlook Data File)
| and copy the contacts to that file. Close the file, and email that.
| Your recipient does the reverse. File-Open-Outlook Data File. BTW,
| you may have to zip the pst file to get it past the Outlook
| security...
 
Helen Cavendish said:
I have created several Contact Lists in Outlook. I want to send these
lists by email to a third party so that they can import these lists
and then use them on their PC. Can this be done and if so how? We do
not share a server.
Click to expand...

In addition to what the others have said, you can also open the DL and click
FIle>Save As and save it as a tab-separated values file (.txt) and then send
that as an attachment. This will allow nearly any third party client to be
able to add it.
 
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