How to import a Distribution List sent you as an attachment

Outlook 365 2016 2013 2010 2003
Sharing distribution lists can be a great timesaver when multiple people need to continuously e-mail the same groups of individuals (for more details see Sharing Distribution Lists). You can easily import a distribution list that was e-mailed to you as an attachment.

Do the following:

   1.   Open the e-mail containing the distribution list.

   2.   In Outlook, open the Contacts view.

   3.   Drag the distribution list attachment from the e-mail message onto the desired Contacts folder. Outlook automatically creates the contact entries for you:

Drag and drop in Outlook 2007

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Sharing Distribution Lists

Sharing Distribution Lists

You can easily share you distribution lists by attaching them to e-mail. There are two ways of attaching distribution list: drag-and-drop and the Attach Item command.
How to create a New Distribution List

How to create a New Distribution List

It is a pretty time consuming task to send message to multiple recipients at once. Fortunately, if you regularly send e-mails to the group of people, you can create a distribution list and send them an e-mail with just a few clicks.
How to import a Contact Group sent you as an attachment

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In Outlook 2007 you wouldn't find a Contact Group because it's called a Distribution List in this version of Outlook, for more details see How to import a Distribution List sent you as an attachment.

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