Could Not Find Distribution List <name>

[Indianagreg]

I have 4 separate DLs, all in my personal contacts folder, and I want to have
a 5th DL, titled "All", that sends to the other 4. Setting it up is no
problem, but when I send to the "All" DL, I get an error: "Could not find
Distribution List X" Where X is the first DL on my aforementioned group of 4.

Any suggestions?

Outlook 2007, Win XP, Exchange 2003.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

So setting up "All" was no problem. Good. Tell us how you did it. Tell us
how you are trying to select it as a recipient.

 

[Indianagreg]

From my "All" DL, I choose the "select members" button, change my address
book from GAL to Contacts, and choose my existing DLs just like they were
individuals.

Creating a new email follows the same process - select the To button, change
the address book from GAL to Contacts, choose the All DL, and hit ok. When
it appears in the "To" line of the e-mail, I can click the "+" and it
breakouts out into the 4 DLs - though all are now appended with <Unknown> at
the end of their name (ex: Group1<Unknown>)

So setting up "All" was no problem. Good. Tell us how you did it. Tell us
how you are trying to select it as a recipient.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have 4 separate DLs, all in my personal contacts folder, and I want to
have
a 5th DL, titled "All", that sends to the other 4. Setting it up is no
problem, but when I send to the "All" DL, I get an error: "Could not find
Distribution List X" Where X is the first DL on my aforementioned group of
4.

Any suggestions?

Outlook 2007, Win XP, Exchange 2003.

 

[Indianagreg]

Problem solved.

I wanted all my DLs to appear at the beginning of my contact list, so I
started their names with the underscore "_". That was the problem. I
replaced the underscore with the number 0 and everything works just fine now.

From my "All" DL, I choose the "select members" button, change my address
book from GAL to Contacts, and choose my existing DLs just like they were
individuals.

Creating a new email follows the same process - select the To button, change
the address book from GAL to Contacts, choose the All DL, and hit ok. When
it appears in the "To" line of the e-mail, I can click the "+" and it
breakouts out into the 4 DLs - though all are now appended with <Unknown> at
the end of their name (ex: Group1<Unknown>)

So setting up "All" was no problem. Good. Tell us how you did it. Tell us
how you are trying to select it as a recipient.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have 4 separate DLs, all in my personal contacts folder, and I want to
have
a 5th DL, titled "All", that sends to the other 4. Setting it up is no
problem, but when I send to the "All" DL, I get an error: "Could not find
Distribution List X" Where X is the first DL on my aforementioned group of
4.

Any suggestions?

Outlook 2007, Win XP, Exchange 2003.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

It's always the information you leave out that's important. If only we were
mind readers.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Problem solved.

I wanted all my DLs to appear at the beginning of my contact list, so I
started their names with the underscore "_". That was the problem. I
replaced the underscore with the number 0 and everything works just fine
now.

From my "All" DL, I choose the "select members" button, change my address
book from GAL to Contacts, and choose my existing DLs just like they were
individuals.

Creating a new email follows the same process - select the To button,
change
the address book from GAL to Contacts, choose the All DL, and hit ok.
When
it appears in the "To" line of the e-mail, I can click the "+" and it
breakouts out into the 4 DLs - though all are now appended with <Unknown>
at
the end of their name (ex: Group1<Unknown>)

So setting up "All" was no problem. Good. Tell us how you did it. Tell
us
how you are trying to select it as a recipient.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have 4 separate DLs, all in my personal contacts folder, and I want
to
have
a 5th DL, titled "All", that sends to the other 4. Setting it up is
no
problem, but when I send to the "All" DL, I get an error: "Could not
find
Distribution List X" Where X is the first DL on my aforementioned
group of
4.

Any suggestions?

Outlook 2007, Win XP, Exchange 2003.