How to create a Distribution List from a list of addresses

You can use any list of addresses to create a distribution list provided they are either semi-colon delimited and/or have one address per line. If there is not a display name, the address will be used for the display name in the finished DL.

poremsky <me@gmail.domain.com>
Diane Poremsky <me@domain.com>; <diane@domain.com>;

This video tutorial shows you how to get addresses from the header of a message in your Inbox and create the distribution list.

To get the addresses from the Internet header:

1. Right click on the message.
2. Choose Message Options
3. Click in the header field of the Message options dialog and press Ctrl+A to select all, Ctrl+C to copy.
4. Close the dialog.
5. Open a new message form and paste the header into it. I press Ctrl+A to select the signature then Ctrl+V to paste over it.
6. Delete the content below the addresses and above it.
7. Remove the text "To:" "CC:" and "From:"
8. Use Find and Replace to replace the commas with semi-colons and tabs (^t) with a space.
   If a name and corresponding address are on different lines, backspace to remove the paragraph mark. If you aren't sure, Ctrl+Shift+8 to toggle marks on and off. Or use Find and replace to replace paragraph marks (^p) with spaces.
9. Copy the prepared addresses. (Ctrl+A to select all, Ctrl+C to copy)

Create the Distribution list:

1. Open a new DL form
2. Click on Select Members
3. Click in the Members field (at the bottom)
4. Paste (Ctrl+V) the addresses

Save and close.

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