Re: How can I restore a deleted distribution list to my contacts?

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I've just deleted another distribution list when trying to delete one contact

from a list. Many people in my office have complained about this too. if

there was a box that came up saying "are you sure you want to delete this

list" then we wouldn't have this problem.

also when i've accidently deleted one it never goes into the deleted items

file. is there anyway i can recover these distro lists? i'm sure i will do it

again in the future!

"J_Publicist" wrote:


> Hi there,

> I have a similar issue: I entered about 40 new contacts into a new DL. I
> miskeyed - and I don't know what I hit - but I was trying to hit Alt+D to add
> a new contact, but instead deleted the entire list.

> I looked in Deleted Items and I also did a search on the entire system, but
> nada.

> So.... pretty volatile delete system if one can blow out a list that simply.

> Any other ideas for recovery?

> Thanks.

> "Brian Tillman" wrote:
>
> > JPB <JPB> wrote:
> >
> > > I accidentally deleted a long DL from my contacts. (I was trying to
> > > delete a single name, and hit the big X in the toolbar, which seemed
> > > the intuitive thing to do. I guess not everybody's intuition works
> > > the same.) It is not in the recycle bin. Does it still exist
> > > somewhere where I can retrieve it, or is it gone for good (or, in
> > > this case, for bad)?
> > I just tried it. Naturally, since the Recycle Bin is a Windows File System
> > entity, Outlook items will not show up there, but they do show up in
> > Outlook's Deleted items folder.
> > > > Brian Tillman
> >
 
"T" <T> wrote in message

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> I've just deleted another distribution list when trying to delete one
> contact
> from a list. Many people in my office have complained about this too. if
> there was a box that came up saying "are you sure you want to delete this
> list" then we wouldn't have this problem.

It helps to realize that Create and Delete go together as does Add (or Select)

and Remove. You don't Select members and then Delete them, you Remove them.

Plus, the Remove button it right there next to the Select and Add buttons.

It's fairly hard to miss if you have even a modicum of consciousness.


> also when i've accidently deleted one it never goes into the deleted items
> file.

It does go into the Deleted Items folder.

--
 
I have also deleted a distribution list from my contacts in the same way as

others, thinking I was deleted one of the contacts on the list. I see your

message about finding the Deleted Folders, but I cannot find it. I don't

know if I am in the wrong "view" or toolbar, or what. Any suggestions would

be appreciated.

"Brian Tillman " wrote:


> "T" <T> wrote in message
> news:3D87ED17-EA8E-41A1-82E8-7F160946CFA7@microsoft.com...
>
> > I've just deleted another distribution list when trying to delete one
> > contact
> > from a list. Many people in my office have complained about this too. if
> > there was a box that came up saying "are you sure you want to delete this
> > list" then we wouldn't have this problem.

> It helps to realize that Create and Delete go together as does Add (or Select)
> and Remove. You don't Select members and then Delete them, you Remove them.
> Plus, the Remove button it right there next to the Select and Add buttons.
> It's fairly hard to miss if you have even a modicum of consciousness.
>
> > also when i've accidently deleted one it never goes into the deleted items
> > file.

> It does go into the Deleted Items folder.
> >

>
 
If you also removed it from the Deleted Items Folder, then you will have to

restore it from your most recent backup.

Russ Valentine

"Carol Foley" <Carol Foley> wrote in message

news:678FE343-04C7-440A-A926-83E9C790F97E@microsoft.com...
> I have also deleted a distribution list from my contacts in the same way as
> others, thinking I was deleted one of the contacts on the list. I see
> your
> message about finding the Deleted Folders, but I cannot find it. I don't
> know if I am in the wrong "view" or toolbar, or what. Any suggestions
> would
> be appreciated.

> "Brian Tillman " wrote:
>
> > "T" <T> wrote in message
> > news:3D87ED17-EA8E-41A1-82E8-7F160946CFA7@microsoft.com...
> >
> > > I've just deleted another distribution list when trying to delete one
> > > contact
> > > from a list. Many people in my office have complained about this too.
> > > if
> > > there was a box that came up saying "are you sure you want to delete
> > > this
> > > list" then we wouldn't have this problem.
>

>> It helps to realize that Create and Delete go together as does Add (or
> > Select)
> > and Remove. You don't Select members and then Delete them, you Remove
> > them.
> > Plus, the Remove button it right there next to the Select and Add
> > buttons.
> > It's fairly hard to miss if you have even a modicum of consciousness.
> >
> > > also when i've accidently deleted one it never goes into the deleted
> > > items
> > > file.
>

>> It does go into the Deleted Items folder.
> > > >

>

>>
 
Mine did not go the Delete Items folder in my Outlook mailbox.

Brian Tillman said:
"T" <T> wrote in message

news:3D87ED17-EA8E-41A1-82E8-7F160946CFA7@microsoft.com...


> I've just deleted another distribution list when trying to delete one
> contact
> from a list. Many people in my office have complained about this too. if
> there was a box that came up saying "are you sure you want to delete this
> list" then we wouldn't have this problem.

It helps to realize that Create and Delete go together as does Add (or Select)

and Remove. You don't Select members and then Delete them, you Remove them.

Plus, the Remove button it right there next to the Select and Add buttons.

It's fairly hard to miss if you have even a modicum of consciousness.


> also when i've accidently deleted one it never goes into the deleted items
> file.

It does go into the Deleted Items folder.

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How did you delete it? Did you search for it? The sorting order in deleted items folder usually hides calendar and contact deletions.
 
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