Organizing Contacts in Windows Mail address book

I just recently purchased my Vista pc, and I'm having problems organizing my
contacts in the new Windows Mail address book (or contacts folder).

In OE, I could sort my contacts into folders. Then when I would send an
e-mail I could click on "to" and a window opened showing the list of folders
in a drop down menu. I would choose the folder I wanted to pick my recipient
(s) from. I could choose them individually or in groups. For some reason I
can't figure out how to do this with Windows Mail Contacts.

I have sorted my contacts into separate folders, but every time I click on
"to" to choose the recipients of my message, it does not show the folders,
but instead shows every single contact in the folder. It doesn't separate
them at all. This makes choosing the recipients very tedious indeed.

Any suggestions to solve this dilema??
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Sandielynne

Use a different email program.

"Sandielynne" <Sandielynne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I just recently purchased my Vista pc, and I'm having problems organizing
>my
> contacts in the new Windows Mail address book (or contacts folder).
>
> In OE, I could sort my contacts into folders. Then when I would send an
> e-mail I could click on "to" and a window opened showing the list of
> folders
> in a drop down menu. I would choose the folder I wanted to pick my
> recipient
> (s) from. I could choose them individually or in groups. For some reason
> I
> can't figure out how to do this with Windows Mail Contacts.
>
> I have sorted my contacts into separate folders, but every time I click on
> "to" to choose the recipients of my message, it does not show the folders,
> but instead shows every single contact in the folder. It doesn't separate
> them at all. This makes choosing the recipients very tedious indeed.
>
> Any suggestions to solve this dilema??
> --
> Sandielynne

WM does not use/understand the concept of Folders as used in OE.
WM makes use of GROUPS instead.
not as functional, as you cannot edit the list when sending but still allows sending to a GROUP of people.




mikeyhsd@sprintpcs.com



"Sandielynne" <Sandielynne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8AC9B6FB-C35D-412D-B106-7424F16D0605@microsoft.com...
I just recently purchased my Vista pc, and I'm having problems organizing my
contacts in the new Windows Mail address book (or contacts folder).

In OE, I could sort my contacts into folders. Then when I would send an
e-mail I could click on "to" and a window opened showing the list of folders
in a drop down menu. I would choose the folder I wanted to pick my recipient
(s) from. I could choose them individually or in groups. For some reason I
can't figure out how to do this with Windows Mail Contacts.

I have sorted my contacts into separate folders, but every time I click on
"to" to choose the recipients of my message, it does not show the folders,
but instead shows every single contact in the folder. It doesn't separate
them at all. This makes choosing the recipients very tedious indeed.

Any suggestions to solve this dilema??
--
Sandielynne

The only way to utilize folders is to do it backwards...
open Contacts, navigate to your folder, select the contacts(s), right-click
and select Action - Send Email.


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"Sandielynne" <Sandielynne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8AC9B6FB-C35D-412D-B106-7424F16D0605@microsoft.com...
> I just recently purchased my Vista pc, and I'm having problems organizing
> my
> contacts in the new Windows Mail address book (or contacts folder).
>
> In OE, I could sort my contacts into folders. Then when I would send an
> e-mail I could click on "to" and a window opened showing the list of
> folders
> in a drop down menu. I would choose the folder I wanted to pick my
> recipient
> (s) from. I could choose them individually or in groups. For some reason
> I
> can't figure out how to do this with Windows Mail Contacts.
>
> I have sorted my contacts into separate folders, but every time I click on
> "to" to choose the recipients of my message, it does not show the folders,
> but instead shows every single contact in the folder. It doesn't separate
> them at all. This makes choosing the recipients very tedious indeed.
>
> Any suggestions to solve this dilema??
> --
> Sandielynne

Hello Dave,
At least that is one solution I can utilize or take into consideration.
Thank you for the help. Not excatly what I was hoping for, but better than
no answer at all. I appreciate it.
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Sandielynne


"Dave" wrote:

> The only way to utilize folders is to do it backwards...
> open Contacts, navigate to your folder, select the contacts(s), right-click
> and select Action - Send Email.