distribution list
i would like to create a distribution list in outlook 2007 with a large amount of emails (100 aprox). is there a limit to how big a local dl can be? is there a way to import a list?
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they are not contacts. just a list of names and addresses. can it still be done?
are they mailbox users or contact users? Contacts are normally just Name and SMTP Address. That is what the above will accomplish. Mailbox users the above would need to be modified.
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neither. i have a spreadsheet of names and i want to add them to a group.
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in terms of importing a list. You can do this via powershell. It depends if they are contacts or already existing mailboxes.
Assuming mail contact:
Create a CSV with 3 columns: name, email and ou
Then do the following:
$CSVFile = "c:\users.csv"
Import-CSV $CSVFile | ForEach-Object -Process {New-MailContact -Name $_.name -ExternalEmailAddress $_.email -OrganizationalUnit $_.ou}
After that you can assign the users to the distribution group:
Import-CSV $CSVFile | ForEach-Object -Process {Add-DistributionGroupMemb