"Find" command in Distribution List

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I have a very large distribution list (over 150 names.) Is there a way to
search this list for a particular name and/or address without scrolling and
looking at each individual name?

Thanks.....Keith
 
DL's have no such feature. Nor would they require one under normal use since
you can't select individual members of the list for sending.
What was it you needed to do?
 
Here's the issue.

Last night I sent an e-mail via the distribution list (150 addresses.) Many
of the address within the distribution list "bounced." I then proceeded to
search for the addresses in the Contacts folder so I could delete them as
"bad" addresses. This all worked fine.

Problem: it only deletes the address from the Contacts folder, and does not
delete them from the distribution list, which by he way, is made-up from the
Contacts. (?)

So - I proceeded to search the distribution list for the addresses, rather
than scroll through the 150, and found out it can't be done.

Keith



Russ Valentine said:
DL's have no such feature. Nor would they require one under normal use since
you can't select individual members of the list for sending.
What was it you needed to do?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Keith said:
I have a very large distribution list (over 150 names.) Is there a way to
search this list for a particular name and/or address without scrolling and
looking at each individual name?

Thanks.....Keith
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In theory, the Update Now button in the DL should have taken care of that
for you.
Did it?
If not, you are now discovering why very few of us rely on DL's for
anything. They are nearly worthless.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Keith said:
Here's the issue.

Last night I sent an e-mail via the distribution list (150 addresses.) Many
of the address within the distribution list "bounced." I then proceeded to
search for the addresses in the Contacts folder so I could delete them as
"bad" addresses. This all worked fine.

Problem: it only deletes the address from the Contacts folder, and does not
delete them from the distribution list, which by he way, is made-up from the
Contacts. (?)

So - I proceeded to search the distribution list for the addresses, rather
than scroll through the 150, and found out it can't be done.

Keith



Russ Valentine said:
DL's have no such feature. Nor would they require one under normal use since
you can't select individual members of the list for sending.
What was it you needed to do?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Keith said:
I have a very large distribution list (over 150 names.) Is there a way to
search this list for a particular name and/or address without
Click to expand...
scrolling
and
looking at each individual name?

Thanks.....Keith
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Yup - it did. Thanks...

Russ Valentine said:
In theory, the Update Now button in the DL should have taken care of that
for you.
Did it?
If not, you are now discovering why very few of us rely on DL's for
anything. They are nearly worthless.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Keith said:
Here's the issue.

Last night I sent an e-mail via the distribution list (150 addresses.) Many
of the address within the distribution list "bounced." I then proceeded to
search for the addresses in the Contacts folder so I could delete them as
"bad" addresses. This all worked fine.

Problem: it only deletes the address from the Contacts folder, and does not
delete them from the distribution list, which by he way, is made-up from the
Contacts. (?)

So - I proceeded to search the distribution list for the addresses, rather
than scroll through the 150, and found out it can't be done.

Keith



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