OL2002: Personal Distribution Lists That Contain Hyphens Do Not Resolve Properly (306772)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2002

This article was previously published under Q306772

SYMPTOMS

In Outlook 2002, 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 XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

307841 OFFXP: How to Obtain the Latest Office XP Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
   Date          Time    Version       Size      File name     
   ----------------------------------------------------------
   11-Jul-2001   12:34   10.0.3103.0   122,880   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 XP Service Pack 1.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/13/2001
Keywords:kbbug kbOfficeXPpreSP1fix kbOfficeXPsp1Fix KB306772