How to Create a Personal Distribution List with Copy and Paste (138229)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q138229

SUMMARY

This article describes how to create a personal distribution list in Microsoft Exchange by copying names from an existing message.

MORE INFORMATION

To create a personal distribution list from the names in a message, follow these steps:
  1. Open the message that contains the names you want to add to a personal distribution list.
  2. Select the names.
  3. Copy the names to the Clipboard by clicking Copy on the Edit menu.
  4. Close the message.
  5. Click the Address Book button on the toolbar.
  6. Click the New Entry button on the toolbar.
  7. Click Personal Distribution List, and then click OK.
  8. In the Name box, type a name for the list.
  9. Use the right mouse button to click the Personal Distribution List field, and then click Paste on the menu that appears.
  10. Click OK.
Note that this method does not work if the names you are pasting into the personal distribution list do not already exist in the post office address list.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/17/2000
Keywords:KB138229
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