Cheating the Contacts distribution list?

[Transam388]

Currently using Outlook and Exchange 2007. As best practice when creating
Contact based distribution lists you should try to keep less than 100 if you
keep the contact's that were added detail to absolute minimum. So of course
one of our High level execs wants to create a DL in his contacts with 800
SMTP addresses.

So we created 8 separate DL groups with 100 persons in each group. Now, to
cheat the normal error when more are added to a DL, can I create a single
combined DL where each of those other 8 distribution lists are added within?
We want to make this so he just has to send to one group but of course once
sent it goes to all those subgroups. Does this work or will it also give an
error regarding DL size, etc? Thanks!!

 

[Brian Tillman]

Currently using Outlook and Exchange 2007. As best practice when
creating Contact based distribution lists you should try to keep less
than 100 if you keep the contact's that were added detail to absolute
minimum. So of course one of our High level execs wants to create a
DL in his contacts with 800 SMTP addresses.

So we created 8 separate DL groups with 100 persons in each group.
Now, to cheat the normal error when more are added to a DL, can I
create a single combined DL where each of those other 8 distribution
lists are added within? We want to make this so he just has to send
to one group but of course once sent it goes to all those subgroups.
Does this work or will it also give an error regarding DL size, etc?

You should be able to nest DLs and avoid the problem.

 

[Transam388]

Thanks Brian...Just the answer I wished to hear! Have a great day!

 

[Transam388]

Well I spoke to soon. Looks like this worked for all but one of the DL
groups in the combined DL. Got this....None of your e-mail accounts could
send to this recipient. Now what is interesting is out of 8 groups in that
one this is the only one that generated that error.?

 

[Diane Poremsky {MVP}]

Did you check permissions? Does that DL work by itself?



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[Transam388]

Actually Brian was correct. What hadf happened was the on DL that gave the
error had two addresses set with "MAILTO:" before the SMTP. So it of course
triggered an error. So for those that run into needing a Contact based
distribution list with a ton of persons in it the embedding of smaller DL's
into a single combined DL does work. Thanks to all who helped with this!!