Microsoft KB Archive/140185

= XCLN: Distribution List in To: Field Not Bold in Message =

Article ID: 140185

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Client 5.5
 * Microsoft Exchange Client 5.0
 * Microsoft Exchange Client 4.0
 * Microsoft Exchange Client 5.0

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This article was previously published under Q140185



SYMPTOMS
When you receive a message that was sent to a Microsoft Exchange Distribution List, the name of the Distribution List is not bold in the To: field. If you double-click the Distribution List name in the To: field, it brings up the details of the Distribution List and the Distribution List name is bold in the To: field.



CAUSE
This is by product design.



MORE INFORMATION
To improve the performance of the Microsoft Exchange clients, the member list of a Distribution List is not loaded into memory when the message is first opened. Only the Display Name of the Distribution List is used in the To: field. When you double-click the Distribution List name, the member list of the Distribution List is loaded from the address book and displayed. Once this procedure is done, the client has confirmed that the name is a valid Distribution List name, so it displays the Distribution List name in bold, which is the default format to display a Distribution List name in Microsoft Exchange.

Additional query words: highlight group name

Keywords: kbusage KB140185

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