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How can I print a Thunderbird distribution list?

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I don't want to print the e-mails themselves, only the names and e-addresses of the 80 people on my mailing list.

I don't want to print the e-mails themselves, only the names and e-addresses of the 80 people on my mailing list.

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You can 'Tools - Export' the selected address book to a '.csv' or '.txt' file,

You could use 'Notepad' to edit the file, BUT... Not easy to line up data.

Better to use a spreadsheet. I used a txt file and opened the file with Calc - part of LibreOffice (a free Office Suite) as a tab delimited file. The spreadshhet captured all the data putting it in columns. (other spreadsheet programs should work also work.)

You can delete the columns you do not need. Or a more experienced user could control the input to just certain columns.

List can be sorted, edited, saved or printed out.

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If I select a Mailing List in the Address Book, and use File|Print|Address Book it seems to do what you want.

Had you tried this?

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Zenos said

If I select a Mailing List in the Address Book, and use File|Print|Address Book it seems to do what you want. Had you tried this?
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Thank you! It partially answers my question. I tried it and it gives more information than I want, which is simply the names, and not the e-addresses themselves or street addresses or telephone numbers. I'd like to simply format a list of names of people on the distribution list. Thanks again, Zenos

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Chosen Solution

You can 'Tools - Export' the selected address book to a '.csv' or '.txt' file,

You could use 'Notepad' to edit the file, BUT... Not easy to line up data.

Better to use a spreadsheet. I used a txt file and opened the file with Calc - part of LibreOffice (a free Office Suite) as a tab delimited file. The spreadshhet captured all the data putting it in columns. (other spreadsheet programs should work also work.)

You can delete the columns you do not need. Or a more experienced user could control the input to just certain columns.

List can be sorted, edited, saved or printed out.