Restore deleted distribution list

[BillMac]

I accidently deleted an entire distribution list in Outlook 2007. I wanted
to delete a single contact from the list and clicked on the "X" and my entire
list was deleted with out prompting me if I wanted to delete it or a single
contact from it. I have checked my deleted items under the mail tab as well
as my recyle bin and can not find the list. I had over 150 people on the
list. How do I restore the entire list to my contacts? If I can not restore
the entire distribution list is there a way to recreate it by importing the
contact from a prior email I sent to the list?

Thanks in advance for any assistance
Bill

 

[Russ Valentine]

What you did places the DL in the Deleted Items Folder. If you also deleted
it from there, you'll need to restore it from your most recent backup.
A DL with 150 entries is a distinctly bad idea. A DL of that size will
become corrupt very quickly and few mail servers permit that many recipients
for a single message. You need to consider more reliable methods for
grouping recipients (such as Categories) and better methods for sending to
multiple recipients (such as mail merge to electronic mail)