Adding Multiple Email Addresses into Outlook - Club CDFreaks

uronmy49311 · 02-01-2008

Is there a way to add multiple addresses into a "distribution list" in Outlook (2007) without manually creating a contact for each address first. Basically i have a word document, filled with a ton of addresses that i need to send out, but i cant seem to create a distribution list with anything BUT my current contacts list? Is this possible to do with inputting these manually one by one? thanks in advance!

**imkidd57** · 03-01-2008

Moved to General Software section.

uronmy49311 · 07-01-2008

bump.....

does anyone have any suggestions? this is gonna kill me if i have to do it 1 by 1... im talking over 300 addresses.. thanks VERY much in advance for any help!

jeff53404 · 07-01-2008

It's been ages since I've done these kinds of things (export/import and/or have a spreadsheet open a word document) so I am rusty. Also, I have no idea what your word processing document looks like (e.g. are the addresses tab delimited as oppossed to aligned with the spacebar). Still, you haven't had a response so I'll suggest the following:

In Outlook, open the address book and create a new distribution list. Then, select add new member. Line-up your word document next to your new distribution list and copy/paste the new member's name and address. If you have approximately 300 addresses, this should not take that long using copy/paste.

Best Wishes

uronmy49311 · 07-01-2008

well, i know how to make a distribution list.. i was just wondering if there was a shortcut to doing it one by one.. thanks tho

MickJ · 18-01-2008

Hi,
I have had the same experience and have spent the last few hours trawling the web for an answer.
Guess what? I found it
It's a small add in for MapiLAB
Visit http://www.mapilab.com/outlook/toolbox/

I have installed this and it does the job very well, as well as quite a few other options. In GBP it is only £16 so to me well worth the price for the time it saved and I will be using it again and again as I export website captured email addresses from MySQL into a comma delimited file and then use the above to import them into a new Distribution List.
Much easier than copy / paste or typing them all in.
Hope this helps
Regards
Mick

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uronmy49311 CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 257	Re: Adding Multiple Email Addresses into Outlook bump..... does anyone have any suggestions? this is gonna kill me if i have to do it 1 by 1... im talking over 300 addresses.. thanks VERY much in advance for any help! __________________ Asrock 939 DualSATA2 AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 1GHz 2 GB 3200DDR BFG Tech GeForce 7600GT PCIEx16 2 200 GB Hard Drives (Maxtor & WD) Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550Watt COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UB

07-01-2008	#4 (permalink)
jeff53404 CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Wisconsin, USA Posts: 973	Re: Adding Multiple Email Addresses into Outlook It's been ages since I've done these kinds of things (export/import and/or have a spreadsheet open a word document) so I am rusty. Also, I have no idea what your word processing document looks like (e.g. are the addresses tab delimited as oppossed to aligned with the spacebar). Still, you haven't had a response so I'll suggest the following: In Outlook, open the address book and create a new distribution list. Then, select add new member. Line-up your word document next to your new distribution list and copy/paste the new member's name and address. If you have approximately 300 addresses, this should not take that long using copy/paste. Best Wishes

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uronmy49311 CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 257	Re: Adding Multiple Email Addresses into Outlook well, i know how to make a distribution list.. i was just wondering if there was a shortcut to doing it one by one.. thanks tho __________________ Asrock 939 DualSATA2 AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 1GHz 2 GB 3200DDR BFG Tech GeForce 7600GT PCIEx16 2 200 GB Hard Drives (Maxtor & WD) Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550Watt COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UB

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MickJ New on Forum Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1	Re: Adding Multiple Email Addresses into Outlook Hi, I have had the same experience and have spent the last few hours trawling the web for an answer. Guess what? I found it It's a small add in for MapiLAB Visit http://www.mapilab.com/outlook/toolbox/ I have installed this and it does the job very well, as well as quite a few other options. In GBP it is only £16 so to me well worth the price for the time it saved and I will be using it again and again as I export website captured email addresses from MySQL into a comma delimited file and then use the above to import them into a new Distribution List. Much easier than copy / paste or typing them all in. Hope this helps Regards Mick

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