Noel... I understand what you are saying, but if I have a group that has 50
contacts in it, and I want to send to 20 of them, then I have to delete on
the "To:" line 30 of them... instead of just selecting the 20 that I want. I
just can't figure out why MS would not carry forward a feature that I used
extensively... and I assume others did too. I guess my only option is to
install the full blown Outlook because I know it has this feature... at least
Outlook 2003 does.

Thanks everyone for your response.
--
Doug


"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

> Thanks for your explanation.
> Upon further investigation I see that Contact Groups in WLM are
> more flexible than I had experienced with WM.
> WLM contact groups are expandable (thus can be trimmed on the
> fly), while WM contact groups can't be expanded on the 'To' line,
> so it's only an all-or-nothing distribution list.
>
> Chalk one up in the win column for WLM!
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
>
> "Ildhund" <jnllb@removemsn.com> wrote in message news:eEEutE5rHHA.4364@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > It's years since I last used OE so I can't compare with that, but I have trouble understanding your problem. I have groups of
> > contacts, some of them overlapping (i.e. Jim is in both the group called "Family" and that called "Environment"). If I want to
> > send a message to just the immediate family, I select "Family" in the Contacts list and click "To:",* expand the group and
> > delete the ones I don't want the message to go to. "Family" comes after "Eyvind" but before "Fanny" in the list - and it's in
> > bold type.
> >
> > *Actually, I just begin typing "fam..." in the To: field and the group name pops up ready for selection.
> >
> > Noel
> >
> > "Doug Custer" <DougCuster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1793D07E-3C51-4C2D-AA20-6B6F2480F0D0@microsoft.com...
> >> In OE, I could go into the Adress Book and create different folders in my
> >> Contact area. I might have a folder for "Golfing Buddies" and another for
> >> "Work Buddies". I could add different contacts into each folder and they
> >> would remain separated. In WLMail I don't see where I can keep a separate
> >> folder for each group. When I click "New Message" and then to "To" button,
> >> all my contacts are all together... which sucks because now I have to weed
> >> through all of them to find the few that I want. I tried setting up "groups"
> >> in Contacts, but I don't see the groups with I click to "To" button.
> >>
> >> Am I missing something?
> >> --
> >> Doug
> >
>
>