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In Microsoft Outlook 97, a personal distribution list is a collection of e- mail addresses that you create and add to your Personal Address Book (PAB) as a single address. When you address a message to a personal distribution list, a message is sent to each e-mail address in the list.
A personal distribution list requires that you have a PAB, and each person you want to include in the distribution list must be added into the PAB. If you have a list of e-mail addresses in a document, but do not make entries for each in your PAB, you cannot create a personal distribution list.
This article explains how you can create an Outlook template to simulate a distribution list.
To create an Outlook template to use as a distribution list, follow these steps:
1. On the Compose menu, click New Mail Message.
2. Type the e-mail addresses, or copy and paste the addresses from a
document, into the To, Cc, or Bcc box.
4. Click Outlook Template (*.oft) in the Save As Type list, type a
unique name in the File Name box, and click Save. The default location
for Outlook templates is:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\Outlook
To use the template, follow these steps:
1. On the Compose menu, click Choose Template.
2. Click the template you created and click OK.
3. Compose and send the message.
For more information about Personal Address Books, type "personal address books" in the Office Assistant, click Search, and then click to view "Add a Personal Address Book to a user profile."
For more information about using distribution lists, type "personal distribution list" in the Office Assistant, click Search, and then click to view each of the topics.
Additional query words: group contacts multiple
Keywords : MsgAdd
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowtoLast Reviewed: February 12, 1999