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Old May 12th, 2009, 08:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
quinn111
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Default e-mail distribution list with v-cards

I e-mailed a distribution list to a collegue & all the members of the
distribution list had v-cards (contact information) in the distribution list.


Can the person who received the e-mailed distribution list save each member
as a v-card in her outlook contacts? If so, how? I had her open up the
distribution list & click on the contact & do a save & close, but that didn't
work.

Please help.
Thanks.
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Old May 12th, 2009, 10:40 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Default e-mail distribution list with v-cards

DL's do not and cannot contain vCards, so I don't know why you think they
can. They contain only a list of names and email addresses which cannot be
selected for automatic entry into a Contacts Folder. If you sent the DL
correctly to another Outlook user, Save and Close would save the DL to the
default Contacts Folder, not its members.
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Russ Valentine
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"quinn111" wrote in message
...
I e-mailed a distribution list to a collegue & all the members of the
distribution list had v-cards (contact information) in the distribution
list.


Can the person who received the e-mailed distribution list save each
member
as a v-card in her outlook contacts? If so, how? I had her open up the
distribution list & click on the contact & do a save & close, but that
didn't
work.

Please help.
Thanks.


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Old May 12th, 2009, 11:18 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
quinn111
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Default e-mail distribution list with v-cards

OK - I typed too fast when i was putting this together. I didn't mean v-card
I meant member information such as all the information about the member of
the distribution list which is more than the name & e-mail, but the phone
numbers & all the other information.

There is no way to have the receipient of the distribution list to save each
member as a new contact? I would hate for someone to have to type all the
information in again or for me to send them the information on each member as
a V-card.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

DL's do not and cannot contain vCards, so I don't know why you think they
can. They contain only a list of names and email addresses which cannot be
selected for automatic entry into a Contacts Folder. If you sent the DL
correctly to another Outlook user, Save and Close would save the DL to the
default Contacts Folder, not its members.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"quinn111" wrote in message
...
I e-mailed a distribution list to a collegue & all the members of the
distribution list had v-cards (contact information) in the distribution
list.


Can the person who received the e-mailed distribution list save each
member
as a v-card in her outlook contacts? If so, how? I had her open up the
distribution list & click on the contact & do a save & close, but that
didn't
work.

Please help.
Thanks.



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Old May 12th, 2009, 11:38 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Default e-mail distribution list with v-cards

Typing too fast was not the problem. You're also reading too fast. I already
answered this. The fact remains that you did not place any of that Contact
information into a DL. You can't. You only placed names and email addresses
in the DL because that's all a DL contains. Accordingly, that's all you
sent.
If you wanted to send Contact Records, then you should have sent Contact
Records. DL's do not contain Contact Records.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"quinn111" wrote in message
...
OK - I typed too fast when i was putting this together. I didn't mean
v-card
I meant member information such as all the information about the member of
the distribution list which is more than the name & e-mail, but the phone
numbers & all the other information.

There is no way to have the receipient of the distribution list to save
each
member as a new contact? I would hate for someone to have to type all the
information in again or for me to send them the information on each member
as
a V-card.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

DL's do not and cannot contain vCards, so I don't know why you think they
can. They contain only a list of names and email addresses which cannot
be
selected for automatic entry into a Contacts Folder. If you sent the DL
correctly to another Outlook user, Save and Close would save the DL to
the
default Contacts Folder, not its members.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"quinn111" wrote in message
...
I e-mailed a distribution list to a collegue & all the members of the
distribution list had v-cards (contact information) in the distribution
list.


Can the person who received the e-mailed distribution list save each
member
as a v-card in her outlook contacts? If so, how? I had her open up
the
distribution list & click on the contact & do a save & close, but that
didn't
work.

Please help.
Thanks.




 




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