Microsoft KB Archive/187960

= OL97: How to Simulate a Distribution List Without Using a PAB =

Article ID: 187960

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q187960



SUMMARY
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.



MORE INFORMATION
To create an Outlook template to use as a distribution list, follow these steps:  On the Compose menu, click New Mail Message. Type the e-mail addresses, or copy and paste the addresses from a document, into the To, Cc, or Bcc box. On the File menu, click Save As. 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

 Close your open message without saving changes.

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.

