Local Distribution Lists

[Q]

Can anyone describe how to import a local distribution
list that had been saved as an .rtf file? What happened
was that I performed a Save As on a local DL, in which it
automatically saved the file as an .rtf document. How do
I import it back into Outlook on another user's machine?

Thanks,

Q

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

There is no way to do this directly. You might be able to open the .rtf document in Word, massage it into a comma- or tab-delimited format, use that to import the contacts into Outlook, then rebuild the DL manually.

The correct format to use when making a copy of a DL is .msg, not .rtf. Even then, it may not work properly on another user's machine.
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
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