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Author: Diane Poremsky [MVP]
Date: Feb 20, 2008 09:28

Outlook's address book does not work the same as OEs and you can't tell who
is in which DL unless you either look or assign categories to the contacts
you add to the DL. Using categories and grouping by them is the closest
you'll come to OE's Group function.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2003/20030730.htm

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"Tal Kramer" discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3489F841-179B-4513-964D-6E7F54CE3893@microsoft.com...
> HELP!
>
> I've used Outlook Express for years and just switched to Outlook 2003. In
> Express I had 'Groups' of contacts such as Clients, Leads, Newsletter,
> etc.
> It appears that in Outlook / Contacts these are now called Distribution
> Lists
> (DL) rather than Groups.
>
> I've created a few DL's and 'Selected Members' and even sent emails
> successfully to that DL. Here's the question / problem...
>
> How can I look at a specific contact and know what DL's he/she belongs to?
> Even opening the 'Detailed Address Cards' I can't find that information.
> I
> can only tell by opening the DL and looking to see if the Contact is
> there.
>
> That's only the first of many questions resulting from the transition but
> for now its the most important one to me. Anyone have some answers?
> (Note: I'm not looking for a 3rd party mail system so please don't
> recommend
> one.)
>
> Thanks in advance for the help :-)
>
> --
> Tal Kramer
> ReMax Communities - Metro-Atlanta
> MyDreamHome.com
>
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