How to use powershell to add a contact to a contact group On outlook 2010

Question

I just created a Distribution list:

$outlook = new-object -com Outlook.Application
$contacts = $outlook.Session.GetDefaultFolder(10)
$dl = $contacts.Items.Add("IPM.DistLIst")
$dl.Save()

and then created a new contact

$newcontact = $contacts.Items.Add()
$newcontact.FullName = "abc"
$newcontact.JobTitle = "abc manager"
$newcontact.Email1Address = "abc@abc.com"

How do I add this new contact to the newly created contact list?

I have tried:

$dl.Members.Add($newcontact)
$dl.Action.Add($newcontact)

But they both did not work,

Please help, any help will be appreciated.

Ruijie

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 28 '15 at 06:59

The AddMember method of the DistListItem class allows to add a new member to the specified distribution list. Note, the distribution list contains Recipient objects that represent valid e-mail addresses, not contacts.

 Sub AddNewMember() 
  'Adds a member to a new distribution list 
  Dim objItem As Outlook.DistListItem 
  Dim objMail As Outlook.MailItem 
  Dim objRcpnt As Outlook.Recipient 
  Set objMail = Application.CreateItem(olMailItem) 
  Set objItem = Application.CreateItem(olDistributionListItem) 
  'Create recipient for distlist 
  Set objRcpnt = Application.Session.CreateRecipient("Eugene Astafiev") 
  objRcpnt.Resolve 
  objItem.AddMember objRcpnt 
  'Add note to list and display 
  objItem.DLName = "Northwest Sales Manager" 
  objItem.Body = "Regional Sales Manager - NorthWest" 
  objItem.Save 
  objItem.Display 
 End Sub

See How To: Create a new distribution list item in Outlook for more information.

So from Powershell, do I call it like this : $dl.AddMember($newcontact)? sorry I am confused — Jerry Zhang, Jul 28 '15 at 14:20

How to use powershell to add a contact to a contact group On outlook 2010

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