To clarify, are you asking for support for having groups as members of
groups? (groups inside groups?)

Thanks,
Alton



"Doug Custer" <DougCuster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9578AB09-519A-4FF3-B00E-27F160301BE9@microsoft.com...
> 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
>> >
>>
>>