DOCUMENT:Q182905  05-APR-1999  [exchange]
TITLE   :XADM: How to Add Members to Distribution List Using CSV File
PRODUCT :Microsoft Exchange
PROD/VER:4.0,5.0,5.5
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbusage

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 5.0, 5.5 
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SUMMARY
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This article explains how an Exchange administrator can add a user's mailbox
name to a distribution list (DL).

MORE INFORMATION
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To add a user's mailbox name to a DL, perform the following steps:

1. Export the DL to a CSV file, using Tools Directory Export in the Exchange
   Administrator program.

2. Notice that the members of the DL are listed under Members.

3. Add the mailbox name to the Members section of the exported CSV file. Use the
   format %Recipients/cn=MailboxName with MailboxName being the name you want to
   add to the DL.

4. Import the CSV file, and the mailbox will be added to the DL.

Here is a sample of the Members column in the CSV file:

Recipients/cn=MailboxName1%Recipients/cn=MailboxName2%Recipients/cn=Mailbox
Name3%Recipients/cn=MailboxName4

If you add %Recipients/cn=MailboxName5 to the above and import the file,
MailboxName5 will now belong to the DL.

Additional query words: csv import

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Keywords          : kbusage 
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange500 kbExchange550 kbExchange400 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : 4.0,5.0,5.5
Issue type        : kbhowto

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