Managing Distribution Lists
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Last Updated:
August 29, 2008 9:18 AM
You can create as many distribution lists in your Microsoft Email account as your organizations needs. All users in your organization can send email messages to the distribution lists, add contacts to, or remove contacts from the distribution lists as needed using their Outlook accounts.
Adding Distribution Lists
You can create a variety of distribution lists that all users in the organization can use and update.
To Add a Distribution List
- Open the folder of the Organization for which you want to add a distribution list.
- Click the Distribution Lists folder.
- Above your list of Distribution Lists, click Add Distribution List.
- In the Distribution List Name field, enter a name for the new distribution list.
- In the Domain menu, select the domain of the email account for which you are creating the distribution list.
- Click OK.
Editing Distribution Lists
If you need to change the name or domain of a distribution list, you can easily update it from the Microsoft Email Manager Home page. Changing the name or domain changes the email address of the distribution list.
To Edit a Distribution List
- Open the folder of the Organization that contains the distribution list you want to modify.
- Click the Distribution Lists folder.
- In your list of Distribution Lists, in the Actions column, click the Edit icon for the distribution list you want to modify.
- In the Edit Distribution List section, you can change the name or select a different domain for the distribution list.
- Click OK.
Deleting Distribution Lists
When you delete a distribution list it is no longer available to the users in your organization.
To Delete a Distribution List
- Open the folder of the Organization that contains the distribution list you want to remove.
- Click the Distribution Lists folder.
- In your list of Distribution Lists, in the Actions column, click the Delete icon for the distribution list you want to remove.
- Click OK to confirm you want to delete the distribution list.
