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According to the help info, it should be possible to create a distribution
list from the CC list of an existing email, but copying and pasting. However, this doesn't seem to work unless the recipients are already in the address book. If it doesn't find them, it seems to want me to add them individually. I can even do a "reply to all", which appears to get me a great recipient list to copy and paste, where each name has both a name plus an email address, but when I copy it to the clipboard, it omits the actual email addresses, and only grabs the names. Any way around this? |
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That method only works if the addresses are in the correct format.
Did you follow the instructions here? http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2004/20041105.htm -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Saul Bloom" wrote in message ... According to the help info, it should be possible to create a distribution list from the CC list of an existing email, but copying and pasting. However, this doesn't seem to work unless the recipients are already in the address book. If it doesn't find them, it seems to want me to add them individually. I can even do a "reply to all", which appears to get me a great recipient list to copy and paste, where each name has both a name plus an email address, but when I copy it to the clipboard, it omits the actual email addresses, and only grabs the names. Any way around this? |
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No, I'm not using those instructions, because I'm trying to get the list from
an Outlook email. I've pasted the Outlook Help text below. I am using those instructions. Based on those instructions, there are a number of places that I can copy the adddresses from. Let's say, for instance, I receive an email with a 30 person CC list, and I want to create a distribution list based on that. If I try to just copy the CC list, it gives me a list of NAMES, not a list of email addresses. SO, instead, I do a Reply to All. At that point, the "To" or "CC" box looks is formatted as SOMENAME someaddress@somedomain ; SOMEOTHERNAME someaddress@someotherdomain etc, with each name-address pair underlined. Looks perfect. So, I copy that, and try to paste it as specified below. It pastes in WITHOUT the email addresses. This also happens if I paste it into Word, Notepad, or whatever. Here are the instructions from Office Outlook Help: Create a distribution list by copying names from an e-mail message In the e-mail message you want to copy the names from, select the names in the To or Cc box (To, Cc, and Bcc boxes: A message is sent to the recipients in the To box. Recipients in the Cc (carbon copy) and Bcc (blind carbon copy) boxes also get the message; however, the names of the recipients in the Bcc box aren't visible to other recipients.). On the Edit menu, click Copy. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Distribution List. In the Name box, type a name for the distribution list. Click Select Members. In the Add to distribution list list, right-click, and then click Paste on the shortcut menu (shortcut menu: A menu that shows a list of commands relevant to a particular item. To display a shortcut menu, right-click an item or press SHIFT+F10.). "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: That method only works if the addresses are in the correct format. Did you follow the instructions here? http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2004/20041105.htm -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Saul Bloom" wrote in message ... According to the help info, it should be possible to create a distribution list from the CC list of an existing email, but copying and pasting. However, this doesn't seem to work unless the recipients are already in the address book. If it doesn't find them, it seems to want me to add them individually. I can even do a "reply to all", which appears to get me a great recipient list to copy and paste, where each name has both a name plus an email address, but when I copy it to the clipboard, it omits the actual email addresses, and only grabs the names. Any way around this? |
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I do not consider Outlook Help to be reliable.
Try the method I posted instead. Post back with results. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Saul Bloom" wrote in message ... No, I'm not using those instructions, because I'm trying to get the list from an Outlook email. I've pasted the Outlook Help text below. I am using those instructions. Based on those instructions, there are a number of places that I can copy the adddresses from. Let's say, for instance, I receive an with a 30 person CC list, and I want to create a distribution list based on that. If I try to just copy the CC list, it gives me a list of NAMES, not a list of email addresses. SO, instead, I do a Reply to All. At that point, the "To" or "CC" box looks is formatted as SOMENAME someaddress@somedomain ; SOMEOTHERNAME someaddress@someotherdomain etc, with each name-address pair underlined. Looks perfect. So, I copy that, and try to paste it as specified below. It pastes in WITHOUT the email addresses. This also happens if I paste it into Word, Notepad, or whatever. Here are the instructions from Office Outlook Help: Create a distribution list by copying names from an e-mail message In the e-mail message you want to copy the names from, select the names in the To or Cc box (To, Cc, and Bcc boxes: A message is sent to the recipients in the To box. Recipients in the Cc (carbon copy) and Bcc (blind carbon copy) boxes also get the message; however, the names of the recipients in the Bcc box aren't visible to other recipients.). On the Edit menu, click Copy. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Distribution List. In the Name box, type a name for the distribution list. Click Select Members. In the Add to distribution list list, right-click, and then click Paste on the shortcut menu (shortcut menu: A menu that shows a list of commands relevant to a particular item. To display a shortcut menu, right-click an item or press SHIFT+F10.). "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: That method only works if the addresses are in the correct format. Did you follow the instructions here? http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2004/20041105.htm -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Saul Bloom" wrote in message ... According to the help info, it should be possible to create a distribution list from the CC list of an existing email, but copying and pasting. However, this doesn't seem to work unless the recipients are already in the address book. If it doesn't find them, it seems to want me to add them individually. I can even do a "reply to all", which appears to get me a great recipient list to copy and paste, where each name has both a name plus an email address, but when I copy it to the clipboard, it omits the actual email addresses, and only grabs the names. Any way around this? |
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Could you please clarify? Here are the instructions you suggest using:
--- The addresses need to be in semi-colon delimited format or one address per line. Open a new DL form (Ctrl+Shift+L) Click Select Members, Members. Copy addresses from the address list Paste into the Members field Click Ok. --- It says to "Copy the addresses from the address list". What address list? The addresses that I am interested in are the ones in the CC list of the Outlook email. These are in semi-colon format, BUT, as I said, the copy function does not grab the list of email ADDRESSES, even if they are visually appearing. It only copies the NAMES. So, how does this work? Is this a bug in Outlook? I can copy a CC list from Outlook Express, and it grabs both the names and the addresses, but when I try to do this in Outlook, it only grabs the names. Thanks, Saul "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: I do not consider Outlook Help to be reliable. Try the method I posted instead. Post back with results. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Saul Bloom" wrote in message ... No, I'm not using those instructions, because I'm trying to get the list from an Outlook email. I've pasted the Outlook Help text below. I am using those instructions. Based on those instructions, there are a number of places that I can copy the adddresses from. Let's say, for instance, I receive an with a 30 person CC list, and I want to create a distribution list based on that. If I try to just copy the CC list, it gives me a list of NAMES, not a list of email addresses. SO, instead, I do a Reply to All. At that point, the "To" or "CC" box looks is formatted as SOMENAME someaddress@somedomain ; SOMEOTHERNAME someaddress@someotherdomain etc, with each name-address pair underlined. Looks perfect. So, I copy that, and try to paste it as specified below. It pastes in WITHOUT the email addresses. This also happens if I paste it into Word, Notepad, or whatever. Here are the instructions from Office Outlook Help: Create a distribution list by copying names from an e-mail message In the e-mail message you want to copy the names from, select the names in the To or Cc box (To, Cc, and Bcc boxes: A message is sent to the recipients in the To box. Recipients in the Cc (carbon copy) and Bcc (blind carbon copy) boxes also get the message; however, the names of the recipients in the Bcc box aren't visible to other recipients.). On the Edit menu, click Copy. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Distribution List. In the Name box, type a name for the distribution list. Click Select Members. In the Add to distribution list list, right-click, and then click Paste on the shortcut menu (shortcut menu: A menu that shows a list of commands relevant to a particular item. To display a shortcut menu, right-click an item or press SHIFT+F10.). "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: That method only works if the addresses are in the correct format. Did you follow the instructions here? http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2004/20041105.htm -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Saul Bloom" wrote in message ... According to the help info, it should be possible to create a distribution list from the CC list of an existing email, but copying and pasting. However, this doesn't seem to work unless the recipients are already in the address book. If it doesn't find them, it seems to want me to add them individually. I can even do a "reply to all", which appears to get me a great recipient list to copy and paste, where each name has both a name plus an email address, but when I copy it to the clipboard, it omits the actual email addresses, and only grabs the names. Any way around this? |
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I answered you already. It only works if the address list is in the correct
format. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Saul Bloom" wrote in message ... Could you please clarify? Here are the instructions you suggest using: --- The addresses need to be in semi-colon delimited format or one address per line. Open a new DL form (Ctrl+Shift+L) Click Select Members, Members. Copy addresses from the address list Paste into the Members field Click Ok. --- It says to "Copy the addresses from the address list". What address list? The addresses that I am interested in are the ones in the CC list of the Outlook email. These are in semi-colon format, BUT, as I said, the copy function does not grab the list of email ADDRESSES, even if they are visually appearing. It only copies the NAMES. So, how does this work? Is this a bug in Outlook? I can copy a CC list from Outlook Express, and it grabs both the names and the addresses, but when I try to do this in Outlook, it only grabs the names. Thanks, Saul "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: I do not consider Outlook Help to be reliable. Try the method I posted instead. Post back with results. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Saul Bloom" wrote in message ... No, I'm not using those instructions, because I'm trying to get the list from an Outlook email. I've pasted the Outlook Help text below. I am using those instructions. Based on those instructions, there are a number of places that I can copy the adddresses from. Let's say, for instance, I receive an with a 30 person CC list, and I want to create a distribution list based on that. If I try to just copy the CC list, it gives me a list of NAMES, not a list of email addresses. SO, instead, I do a Reply to All. At that point, the "To" or "CC" box looks is formatted as SOMENAME someaddress@somedomain ; SOMEOTHERNAME someaddress@someotherdomain etc, with each name-address pair underlined. Looks perfect. So, I copy that, and try to paste it as specified below. It pastes in WITHOUT the email addresses. This also happens if I paste it into Word, Notepad, or whatever. Here are the instructions from Office Outlook Help: Create a distribution list by copying names from an e-mail message In the e-mail message you want to copy the names from, select the names in the To or Cc box (To, Cc, and Bcc boxes: A message is sent to the recipients in the To box. Recipients in the Cc (carbon copy) and Bcc (blind carbon copy) boxes also get the message; however, the names of the recipients in the Bcc box aren't visible to other recipients.). On the Edit menu, click Copy. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Distribution List. In the Name box, type a name for the distribution list. Click Select Members. In the Add to distribution list list, right-click, and then click Paste on the shortcut menu (shortcut menu: A menu that shows a list of commands relevant to a particular item. To display a shortcut menu, right-click an item or press SHIFT+F10.). "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: That method only works if the addresses are in the correct format. Did you follow the instructions here? http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2004/20041105.htm -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Saul Bloom" wrote in message ... According to the help info, it should be possible to create a distribution list from the CC list of an existing email, but copying and pasting. However, this doesn't seem to work unless the recipients are already in the address book. If it doesn't find them, it seems to want me to add them individually. I can even do a "reply to all", which appears to get me a great recipient list to copy and paste, where each name has both a name plus an email address, but when I copy it to the clipboard, it omits the actual email addresses, and only grabs the names. Any way around this? |
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