Outlook should give me a total number of contacts in a distributi.

[Harold]

In Outlook 2000 Distribution lists gave a total number of contacts on the
list. This was helpful as some IP s limit the number of addresses you can
send at one time as they try to counter SPAM. In Outlook 2003 the only way I
can determine how many addresses I have is to count them manually.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

I believe they forgot to include the Status Bar in the dialog box for DL's
in Outlook 2003, so there's no longer any way to do this.
I don't think they really intended for us to use DL's in real life. Most of
us have looked for better solutions, like Categories or Contact Subfolders.

 

[Judy]

Well even if one does not use DLs and you do a View/Arrange by/Custom/Filter
for specific criteria I can not find anywhere that it gives you a total count
of your results. The only place I have seen any counts is either in your
total number of contacts on the bottom left of screen or when you do a 'sort
by category'.

Does anyone know of any way to get a count of filtered contacts?
Judy

I believe they forgot to include the Status Bar in the dialog box for DL's
in Outlook 2003, so there's no longer any way to do this.
I don't think they really intended for us to use DL's in real life. Most of
us have looked for better solutions, like Categories or Contact Subfolders.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

In Outlook 2000 Distribution lists gave a total number of contacts on the
list. This was helpful as some IP s limit the number of addresses you can
send at one time as they try to counter SPAM. In Outlook 2003 the only
way I
can determine how many addresses I have is to count them manually.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

I've done it with a custom form. See
http://www.windowsitpro.com/MicrosoftExchangeOutlook/Articles/ArticleID/16368/pg/2/2.html

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Modify the view to group on a field where all the items have the same
value -- e.g. Mileage (If you've never used it for anything, it will be
blank.) You can then read off the number of items in the group header.