Microsoft has abandoned Windows Mail for all practical purposes.
Windows Live Mail (WLM) is the nominal replacement for WM.
About all you can do is suggest improvements for WLM:
http://feedback.live.com/eform.aspx?...c k_home_form
Ironically, that site seems to be down at the moment.
--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP
"Cindy C." <CindyC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3FD87794-3895-4437-BC2E-54E4BC3247A5@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for trying to help, Gary. I fooled around with Outlook and it's
> even
> worse than Windows Mail.
> There's no logical breakdown of my groups into ones which would or would
> not
> receive certain messages. So I've gone with my scheme of placing a letter
> for
> the group (v-z) in front of the name, and that's going to work fine. If
> anyone wants to do this, a simple re-name won't work. You must put the
> letter
> in front of the 'Full Name' field for the contact.
> Is there a process to request fixes with Microsoft? After I posted my
> question, I saw this same issue brought up more than numerous times.
> --
> Cindy C.
>
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
>
>> Sorry, I don't use Outlook. Since it is a lot more fully-featured than
>> Microsoft's free email clients, it will probably do what you want.
>>
>> You might also consider breaking up your contacts into much smaller
>> groups so as to make it more flexible.
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP
>>
>>
>> "Cindy C." <CindyC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E1051448-52C4-4B04-8967-FF730D1DBF82@microsoft.com...
>> > I'm talking about forwarding a message to maybe 50 select people out of
>> > a
>> > composite list of 400! And the folder I've set up for those 50 has
>> > about
>> > 150
>> > names in it.
>> > I've got Outlook in Office 2007. Do you know if it works the same as
>> > Windows
>> > Mail, or is it more like Outlook Express used to be when it comes to
>> > folders?
>> > --
>> > Cindy C.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
>> >
>> >> If you are only sending to a few people, you can pick them out from
>> >> the composite Contacts list.
>> >> Alternatively, you can upgrade to Windows Live Mail. It has Groups
>> >> like
>> >> Windows Mail, but instead of it being a fixed mailing list you can
>> >> expand
>> >> a
>> >> group on the To line and delete contacts from that group..
>> >> http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
>> >> --
>> >> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Cindy C." <CindyC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:B2B22B26-C491-4A46-A414-827BA258B08D@microsoft.com...
>> >> > I've tried groups, and that doesn't work for me. I don't want to
>> >> > send a
>> >> > message to everyone in the group...only select people.
>> >> > --
>> >> > Cindy C.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Organize your contacts into groups as shown in this tutorial:
>> >> >> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/69...dows-mail.html
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "Cindy C." <CindyC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news
7C86951-7CAB-4120-8FC5-56C0AE9C8F63@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> > When creating a new message and selecting recipients, the
>> >> >> > contacts I
>> >> >> > have
>> >> >> > arranged in Address Book folders are showing intermixed, in
>> >> >> > alphabetical
>> >> >> > order, with my other contacts. How do I get the recipient list to
>> >> >> > reflect
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > Address Book folders I set up?
>> >> >> > --
>> >> >> > Cindy C.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
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