I am sorry to hear that the 'Update Now' feature does not work, especially
since it could be a great asset to users. Oddly, it has worked sporatically
for us in the past. As to the balance of your comments, it sounds like you
are justifiably critical of Microsoft's lack of responsiveness to issues of
this nature. We tend to agree with you and often wonder what it takes for
Microsoft to fix a problem? If it doesn't work, and they don't intend to
fix it, then they really should delete the feature. Such oversights
generate unnecessary levels of user frustration and consumer disloyalty.

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"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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You haven't been paying attention.
Update Now has never worked and never will.
Distribution Lists are considered one of Outlook's most permanent bugs.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Blue Max" wrote in message
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When selecting the UPDATE option for an Outlook 2007 distribution list,
the list does NOT update. We also had this problem in earlier versions
of Outlook. For example, we change the email address for one of the
contacts in the distribution list, open the distribution list and select
the update function, but the email address is not updated for that
contact. We have tried updating both without selecting a contact and
with selecting all contacts. Any suggestions on what the problem might
be?