OL2000: Personal Distribution Lists That Contain Hyphens Do Not Resolve Properly (306630)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2000, Service Release 1 (SR-1)

This article was previously published under Q306630

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Outlook, a personal distribution list that contains a hyphen and begins and ends with the same letter (or number) may not resolve. For example, if you name a personal distribution list "Office-O," that personal distribution list may not resolve properly (when you click Check Names), and you may be prompted to select from a list of the nearest matches.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

276367 OFF2000: How to Obtain the Latest Office 2000 Service Pack

The English-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
   Date           Time  Version    Size       File name     
   -------------------------------------------------------
   04-SEP-2001    14:12            2,647,552  Outlook.msp
   04-SEP-2001    14:18            7,718,400  Outlook_admin.msp
				
After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later:
   Date           Time  Version    Size       File name     
   -------------------------------------------------------
   04-SEP-2001    11:09 9.0.0.5630 127,027    Contab32.dll
				

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP-3).

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Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/23/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbOffice2000SP3Fix kbbug kbfix KB306630