DistListItem.RemoveMembers method (Outlook)

Removes members from a distribution list.

Syntax

expression. RemoveMembers( _Recipients_ )

expression A variable that represents a DistListItem object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data type Description
Recipients Required Recipients The members to be removed from the distribution list.

Example

The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example removes two members from the distribution list called Group List. The RemoveMembers method will fail if the specified recipients are not valid. Before running the example, create or make sure a distribution list called 'Group List' exists in your default Contacts folder.

Sub RemoveRecs() 
 
 'Remove a recipient from the list and displays new list. 
 
 Dim objDstList As Outlook.DistListItem 
 
 Dim objName As Outlook.NameSpace 
 
 Dim objRcpnt As Outlook.Recipient 
 
 Dim objRcpnt2 As Outlook.Recipient 
 
 Dim objMail As Outlook.MailItem 
 
 Dim objRcpnts As Outlook.Recipients 
 
 
 
 Set objName = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI") 
 
 Set objDstList = objName.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts).Items("Group List") 
 
 Set objMail = Application.CreateItem(olMailItem) 
 
 Set objRcpnts = objMail.Recipients 
 
 Set objRcpnt = objRcpnts.Add(Name:="someone@example.com") 
 
 Set objRcpnt2 = objRcpnts.Add(Name:="someone@example.org") 
 
 objRcpnts.ResolveAll 
 
 objDstList.RemoveMembers objRcpnts 
 
 objDstList.Display 
 
 objDstList.Body = "Last Modified: " & Now 
 
End Sub

See also

DistListItem Object

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