Because there's no connection from a member of a DL back to the original
contact record.

The last 48 digits of the EntryID of a distlist member represents the
EntryID of the contact item.

Best regards
Peter

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Peter Marchert
[EDV-Service Marchert]
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Excel- and Outlook-Programming

Brian Tillman schrieb:

Chuck Barnett Chuck wrote:

When I delete a contact from my "Contacts" database in Outlook, it is
still included in distribution lists. 1) WHY??

Because there's no connection from a member of a DL back to the original
contact record.

and 2) HOW DO I CHANGE THIS?

Petition Microsoft to modify Outlook's behavior.
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Brian Tillman