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Outlook Mobile App - Can't Send to Private Contact List
Hello, I have several users who have created personal "Contact Lists" within the Outlook Web app. This allows them to send to users who belong to the group by just typing the group name into the ...
Outlook uses MAPI to sync with exchange, not ActiveSync - contact lists have always synced. Mobile apps use ActiveSync or the newer Microsoft sync protocol - they don't support contact lists (aka contact groups or distribution lists).
Outlook on mac doesn't support contact groups - the legacy version does, if you use "on my computer" folders.
Outlook on mac doesn't support contact groups - the legacy version does, if you use "on my computer" folders.
I appreciate all of the explanations of why it DOESN'T work, but it doesn't change the fact that it SHOULD work. Distribution lists on an exchange server are core feature of Outlook, and have been for years. It shouldn't matter what device you're using. It's f**king ludicrous that a contact/distribution list created on the desktop is not accessible from a mobile device. The propeller heads at Microsoft are more than capable of solving this issue. They are simply choosing not to.