Adds new members to a distribution list.
expression.AddMembers(Recipients)
expression Required. An expression that returns a DistListItem object.
Recipients Required Recipients object. The members to be added to the distribution list.
Example
This Microsoft Visual Basic/Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example creates a new distribution list and adds the current user and 'Dan Wilson' to the list. If the specified recipient is not valid, the AddMember method will fail. Therefore, to run this example, replace 'Dan Wilson' with a valid recipient name.
Sub AddNewMembers()
Dim myOlApp As New Outlook.Application
Dim myNameSpace As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim myDistList As Outlook.DistListItem
Dim myTempItem As Outlook.MailItem
Dim myRecipients As Outlook.Recipients
Set myNameSpace = myOlApp.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set myDistList = myOlApp.CreateItem(olDistributionListItem)
Set myTempItem = myOlApp.CreateItem(olMailItem)
Set myRecipients = myTempItem.Recipients
myDistList.DLName = _
InputBox("Enter the name of the new distribution list")
myRecipients.Add myNameSpace.CurrentUser.Name
myRecipients.Add "Dan Wilson"
myRecipients.ResolveAll
myDistList.AddMembers myRecipients
myDistList.Save
myDistList.Display
End Sub
If you use Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) in a Microsoft Outlook form, you do not create the Application object, and you cannot use named constants. This example shows how to perform the same task using VBScript.
Set myNameSpace = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set myDistList = Application.CreateItem(7)
Set myTempItem = Application.CreateItem(0)
Set myRecipients = myTempItem.Recipients
myDistList.DLName = _
InputBox("Enter the name of the new distribution list")
myRecipients.Add myNameSpace.CurrentUser.Name
myRecipients.Add "Dan Wilson"
myRecipients.ResolveAll
myDistList.AddMembers myRecipients
myDistList.Save
myDistList.Display