There's one item that's extremely important when creating distribution lists in Outlook Express, at least, and I assume it applies equally to Outlook. _Never_ enter the complete address of the individual into the distribution list when you create it. Always create the individual's entry first; then, when you go to construct your distribution list, simply select the individuals' names from the list that's presented. The reason for doing it this way is that if an individual's e-mail address changes and you have both a personal (individual) entry for them and have that person's e-mail address and not simply their name in one or more distribution lists, if you update their individual entry, it won't be updated in the distribution list. On the other hand, if you've selected a pre-existing Address Book entry for inclusion in the distribution list, when the individual, pre-existing entry gets updated, so will the distribution list. Otherwise, when you send Aunt Mary an individual e-mail, she'll receive it, but when you send a message to your entire family and haven't remembered to update her address in the family distribution list, she won't receive it. I've been the victim of this more than once, but have never been the culprit since I always use pre-existing Address Book entries when creating my distribution lists.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 8:40 AM Subject: [jaws-users] creating distribution lists I was just reviewing the tips and tricks page and it occurs to me that although there are instructions for posting to multiple contacts in your address book they stop short of explaining how to put such a list of people in to a single contact group. I could work on this myself of course but if somebody out there already might happen to have these instructions ready to go then I wouldn't need to reinvent the wheel so to speak. David Ferrin Visit the JAWS Users list home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the JAWS Users List send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jaws-users/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jaws-users/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
