select recepient??????????

I organized my contacts into groups.........yet when I try and add contacts
by "select recepient"......the groups do not show up........just a long list
of all my contacts.......why organize the contacts if you cannot use them? Am
I missing something here? Help!!

I must be missing something too - I have the same problem. This is very
aggravating so if anyone knows the fix - please let us know.

"Reynolds" wrote:

> I organized my contacts into groups.........yet when I try and add contacts
> by "select recepient"......the groups do not show up........just a long list
> of all my contacts.......why organize the contacts if you cannot use them? Am
> I missing something here? Help!!

I am having the same problem and it's extremely annoying. For now I am
getting around it by clicking on the Contacts button (which opens up Windows
Explorer) and then going to the subfolder that contains the group of
addresses I want to select from. You can create a new mail once you have
selected all of the addresses.

But I'd much rather have the access from the select recipients dialog box
that was available in Outlook Express.

"vistauser58" wrote:

> I must be missing something too - I have the same problem. This is very
> aggravating so if anyone knows the fix - please let us know.
>
> "Reynolds" wrote:
>
> > I organized my contacts into groups.........yet when I try and add contacts
> > by "select recepient"......the groups do not show up........just a long list
> > of all my contacts.......why organize the contacts if you cannot use them? Am
> > I missing something here? Help!!

I just created a mail group and it works just fine..

In Win Mail, click on Contacts
in Contacts, click on New Contact Group
give it a name, and click on Add To Contact Group... select your
contacts.... click OK to save.

In Win Mail, click on Create Mail, Click on the To: button... your group
should appear (in bold) in the list of contacts.


"Reynolds" <Reynolds@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I organized my contacts into groups.........yet when I try and add contacts
> by "select recepient"......the groups do not show up........just a long
> list
> of all my contacts.......why organize the contacts if you cannot use them?
> Am
> I missing something here? Help!!

I do not want to send to the whole group........I want to be able to pick
from a certain group of emails that I previously organized into friends,
family, business,etc..........I used to be able to do that in outlook express
by bringing up a new message and clicking on tools and then on "select
receipient".....it brought up the groups that I could pick from..........this
thing dont do that....as far as I am concerned contacts are totally a waste
of time................it just doesnt do what an address book is suppose to
and you cannot organize it right..........now when you click on "select
recepient" the whole list of email addresses comes up all mixed
together............it sucks!!!!!!!!!!!! and takes forever to
use.............what a waste of time!! Nothing quicker about windows
mail.........I vote for an outlook express 7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Deb or Dave" wrote:

> I just created a mail group and it works just fine..
>
> In Win Mail, click on Contacts
> in Contacts, click on New Contact Group
> give it a name, and click on Add To Contact Group... select your
> contacts.... click OK to save.
>
> In Win Mail, click on Create Mail, Click on the To: button... your group
> should appear (in bold) in the list of contacts.
>
>
> "Reynolds" <Reynolds@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsD045E63-E227-44C2-A391-123123B3506B@microsoft.com...
> >I organized my contacts into groups.........yet when I try and add contacts
> > by "select recepient"......the groups do not show up........just a long
> > list
> > of all my contacts.......why organize the contacts if you cannot use them?
> > Am
> > I missing something here? Help!!
>
>

Yes, this is what I would like to do also. If you have 100 plus contacts, you
want to narrow your choices down to work, family, friends, etc. The Groups
feature does not allow you to choose from among a smaller set of names. I
also am wondering why MS would eliminate features that worked well in Outlook
Express.

"Reynolds" wrote:

> I do not want to send to the whole group........I want to be able to pick
> from a certain group of emails that I previously organized into friends,
> family, business,etc..........I used to be able to do that in outlook express
> by bringing up a new message and clicking on tools and then on "select
> receipient".....it brought up the groups that I could pick from..........this
> thing dont do that....as far as I am concerned contacts are totally a waste
> of time................it just doesnt do what an address book is suppose to
> and you cannot organize it right..........now when you click on "select
> recepient" the whole list of email addresses comes up all mixed
> together............it sucks!!!!!!!!!!!! and takes forever to
> use.............what a waste of time!! Nothing quicker about windows
> mail.........I vote for an outlook express 7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> "Deb or Dave" wrote:
>
> > I just created a mail group and it works just fine..
> >
> > In Win Mail, click on Contacts
> > in Contacts, click on New Contact Group
> > give it a name, and click on Add To Contact Group... select your
> > contacts.... click OK to save.
> >
> > In Win Mail, click on Create Mail, Click on the To: button... your group
> > should appear (in bold) in the list of contacts.
> >
> >
> > "Reynolds" <Reynolds@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > newsD045E63-E227-44C2-A391-123123B3506B@microsoft.com...
> > >I organized my contacts into groups.........yet when I try and add contacts
> > > by "select recepient"......the groups do not show up........just a long
> > > list
> > > of all my contacts.......why organize the contacts if you cannot use them?
> > > Am
> > > I missing something here? Help!!
> >
> >

Try this:

In the "Web Site" field on the "Home" tab of each contact, enter a group
name, such as "Friend," "Coworker," "Country Club," etc.

Change your Contacts view to "Details." Add "Webpage" as an available
column. Move the "Webpage" column up (or left) so it's visible.

Sort your Contacts by the "Webpage" column, scroll down to the group you're
looking for, select your intended recipients from the members of that (and
any other) group, then right-click for "Action," "Send e-mail."

Does that work for you? That's how I do it.

Brian Bradley



"Reynolds" <Reynolds@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsD045E63-E227-44C2-A391-123123B3506B@microsoft.com...
>I organized my contacts into groups.........yet when I try and add contacts
> by "select recepient"......the groups do not show up........just a long
> list
> of all my contacts.......why organize the contacts if you cannot use them?
> Am
> I missing something here? Help!!

Now that's a work around.. :-)

"Brian Bradley" <brianHYPHENbradley@cox.net> wrote in message
news:ehRP0XwWHHA.600@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Try this:
>
> In the "Web Site" field on the "Home" tab of each contact, enter a group
> name, such as "Friend," "Coworker," "Country Club," etc.
>
> Change your Contacts view to "Details." Add "Webpage" as an available
> column. Move the "Webpage" column up (or left) so it's visible.
>
> Sort your Contacts by the "Webpage" column, scroll down to the group
> you're looking for, select your intended recipients from the members of
> that (and any other) group, then right-click for "Action," "Send e-mail."
>
> Does that work for you? That's how I do it.
>
> Brian Bradley
>
>
>
> "Reynolds" <Reynolds@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsD045E63-E227-44C2-A391-123123B3506B@microsoft.com...
>>I organized my contacts into groups.........yet when I try and add
>>contacts
>> by "select recepient"......the groups do not show up........just a long
>> list
>> of all my contacts.......why organize the contacts if you cannot use
>> them? Am
>> I missing something here? Help!!
>

Tedious, but very ingenious, actually.

Gary VanderMolen


"DGuess" <majik@mindspring.oops> wrote in message news:0B7D90CB-CB8A-48CF-BA1F-CED19BA2F87F@microsoft.com...
> Now that's a work around.. :-)
>
> "Brian Bradley" <brianHYPHENbradley@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:ehRP0XwWHHA.600@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Try this:
>>
>> In the "Web Site" field on the "Home" tab of each contact, enter a group
>> name, such as "Friend," "Coworker," "Country Club," etc.
>>
>> Change your Contacts view to "Details." Add "Webpage" as an available
>> column. Move the "Webpage" column up (or left) so it's visible.
>>
>> Sort your Contacts by the "Webpage" column, scroll down to the group
>> you're looking for, select your intended recipients from the members of
>> that (and any other) group, then right-click for "Action," "Send e-mail."
>>
>> Does that work for you? That's how I do it.
>>
>> Brian Bradley
>>
>>
>>
>> "Reynolds" <Reynolds@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> newsD045E63-E227-44C2-A391-123123B3506B@microsoft.com...
>>>I organized my contacts into groups.........yet when I try and add
>>>contacts
>>> by "select recepient"......the groups do not show up........just a long
>>> list
>>> of all my contacts.......why organize the contacts if you cannot use
>>> them? Am
>>> I missing something here? Help!!
>>
>
>

If I understand the workaround correctly, this sorting is performed in the
Contacts folder (not in the Recipients dialog box). You can achieve the same
result much more easily by simply forming subfolders for your groups within
the Contacts folder (if I am understanding the previous solution correctly).
This just requires dragging names in to the group (not typing text for each
contact). Then you proceed as above--right click the recipients and choose
"Send email."

The problem with this solution is that the groups do not appear in the
Recipients dialog box. That means that you cannot select names from more than
one group and you cannot select a separate group of names for Cc: or Bcc:.
You're stuck back picking names out of a very long list.

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

> Tedious, but very ingenious, actually.
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
>
> "DGuess" <majik@mindspring.oops> wrote in message news:0B7D90CB-CB8A-48CF-BA1F-CED19BA2F87F@microsoft.com...
> > Now that's a work around.. :-)
> >
> > "Brian Bradley" <brianHYPHENbradley@cox.net> wrote in message
> > news:ehRP0XwWHHA.600@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >> Try this:
> >>
> >> In the "Web Site" field on the "Home" tab of each contact, enter a group
> >> name, such as "Friend," "Coworker," "Country Club," etc.
> >>
> >> Change your Contacts view to "Details." Add "Webpage" as an available
> >> column. Move the "Webpage" column up (or left) so it's visible.
> >>
> >> Sort your Contacts by the "Webpage" column, scroll down to the group
> >> you're looking for, select your intended recipients from the members of
> >> that (and any other) group, then right-click for "Action," "Send e-mail."
> >>
> >> Does that work for you? That's how I do it.
> >>
> >> Brian Bradley
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Reynolds" <Reynolds@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> newsD045E63-E227-44C2-A391-123123B3506B@microsoft.com...
> >>>I organized my contacts into groups.........yet when I try and add
> >>>contacts
> >>> by "select recepient"......the groups do not show up........just a long
> >>> list
> >>> of all my contacts.......why organize the contacts if you cannot use
> >>> them? Am
> >>> I missing something here? Help!!
> >>
> >
> >
>