Exporting DL's

[portScottm]

Env: Outlool 2002, WinXp Pr

When I export contacts to .pst file the DL's heading transfer but no members of the DL's are included. How can I unclude the members of DL's in the exported pst file

Thanks

Scott

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Don't export. DL's barely survive on their own from one day to the next and
rarely if ever survive an export.
Create a new PST to hold the Contacts you want to save or transport.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Env: Outlool 2002, WinXp Pro

When I export contacts to .pst file the DL's heading transfer but no

members of the DL's are included. How can I unclude the members of DL's in
the exported pst file?

 

[ScottM]

Russ

Thanks for your quick response
Are you saying that DL's aren't exported by Microsoft's choosing
Why is that? Why would they allow me to create them, if I can't export them
I have large amounts of users in these, is my only recourse to recreate them
What if I move the native pst file to the new machine, will this retain them?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

I am saying that exporting/importing is a notoriously poor choice for
transferring data from one installation of Outlook to another. It creates
two unnecessary opportunities for data corruption which will nearly
invariably occur with DL's (among other things). Use it only if you must
change file formats for use with another program.

The better choice is simply to copy data into a PST file and open that PST
in the other installation. Or if you want to transfer all your data, just
copy and reuse the entire default PST.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,

Thanks for your quick response!
Are you saying that DL's aren't exported by Microsoft's choosing?
Why is that? Why would they allow me to create them, if I can't export them?
I have large amounts of users in these, is my only recourse to recreate them?
What if I move the native pst file to the new machine, will this retain

them?