DistListItem Object

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Represents a distribution list in a Contacts folder.

Remarks

A distribution list can contain multiple recipients and is used to send messages to everyone in the list.

Use the CreateItem method to create a DistListItem object that represents a new distribution list.

Use Items(

index

), where

index

is the index number of an item in a contacts folder or a value used to match the default property of an item in the folder, to return a single DistListItem object from a contacts folder (that is, a folder whose default item type is olContactItem).

Example

The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example creates and displays a new distribution list.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Set myItem = Application.CreateItem(olDistributionListItem)
myItem.Display

The following Visual Basic for Applications example sets the current folder as the contacts folder and displays an existing distribution list named Project Team in the folder.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Set myNamespace = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set myFolder = myNamespace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts)
myFolder.Display
Set myItem = myFolder.Items("Project Team")
myItem.Display

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