Getting Distribution Lits to top of Address list.

[Duran]

Hello,

I hope someone can help me out. A few years ago, I managed to get all the distribution lists to appear at the top, when you click 'To' button in outlook, I used an exclamation mark, but for the life of me, I cant remember how I did it. I know I did it all on Exchange itself, Outlook didnt come into it. I am using Exchange 2003 SP2.

Would somebody be able to point me in the right direction?

Thanks for any help,
Regards,
D.

I plug you in, dim the lights,
Electric Barbarella !

 

[noveyron]

Rename with an underscore/exclaimation mark at the start of the DL name?

(Assuming that you can in fact rename a DL, I have never had the need to )

 

[Duran]

Hello,

Thanks for getting back, I tried that but nothing changed. Which suprised me.

Regards,
D.

I plug you in, dim the lights,
Electric Barbarella !

 

[58sniper]

After you rename it, where are you looking at the GAL? The GAL only gets rebuilt once a day. It's not automatically rebuilt when you make changes.

Pat Richard MVP

 

[Duran]

Yeah, I wait till the next day, but it all remains the same.

Regards,
D.

I plug you in, dim the lights,
Electric Barbarella !

 

[58sniper]

What happens when you go into the GAL and use the PREVIEW feature?

Pat Richard MVP

 

[Duran]

Hello,

Again, thanks for taking the time to get back. It brings up a big list of everybody that is on exchange including groups etc. The dist groups have the exclamation marks at the beginning of the names. Should I have the exclamation marks on both ends?

Regards,
D.

I plug you in, dim the lights,
Electric Barbarella !

 

[58sniper]

Are they at the top of the list?

Pat Richard MVP

 

[Duran]

Hello,

No, they are just dotted about in alphabetical order.

Regards
D.

I plug you in, dim the lights,
Electric Barbarella !

 

[zbnet]

We use a / at the beginning of the Display Name of all DLs, and they certainly do all get listed at the top of the GAL.

 

[Duran]

Hello,

Thanks for replying, do you do that on the actual name of the group or on the alias?

Regards,
D.

I plug you in, dim the lights,
Electric Barbarella !

 

[zbnet]

Just on the Display Name.