Contacts in Folders mixed with other contacts when composing new m

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.

You can create folders in the Contacts folder, but WM won't "see" them when
you click on the "To:" button. You can, however, use them if you open
Contacts, open your sub-folder, highlight the addresses you want, then
right-click, and select Action - Send Email


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Vista Home Premium 32 SP1
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview


"Cindy C." <CindyC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news7C86951-7CAB-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.

But this won't work when forwarding or replying which is mainly what I
do...grrr! I think I'll rename everyone with a letter in front of their names
(like zAmy, zBrad, xJoe, xSusan) so at least they'll be grouped together when
selecting from the To:. It'll look strange, but it may solve my problem.
--
Cindy C.


"Dave" wrote:

> You can create folders in the Contacts folder, but WM won't "see" them when
> you click on the "To:" button. You can, however, use them if you open
> Contacts, open your sub-folder, highlight the addresses you want, then
> right-click, and select Action - Send Email
>
>
> --
> Vista Home Premium 32 SP1
> http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
>
>
> "Cindy C." <CindyC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news7C86951-7CAB-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.
>
>

You can create Groups, which are mailing lists...
then send to the group.


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Vista Home Premium 32 SP1
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview


"Cindy C." <CindyC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A06644AF-9257-420F-9A7D-65C40E1D5850@microsoft.com...
> But this won't work when forwarding or replying which is mainly what I
> do...grrr! I think I'll rename everyone with a letter in front of their
> names
> (like zAmy, zBrad, xJoe, xSusan) so at least they'll be grouped together
> when
> selecting from the To:. It'll look strange, but it may solve my problem.
> --
> Cindy C.
>
>
> "Dave" wrote:
>
>> You can create folders in the Contacts folder, but WM won't "see" them
>> when
>> you click on the "To:" button. You can, however, use them if you open
>> Contacts, open your sub-folder, highlight the addresses you want, then
>> right-click, and select Action - Send Email
>>
>>
>> --
>> Vista Home Premium 32 SP1
>> http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
>>
>>
>> "Cindy C." <CindyC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news7C86951-7CAB-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.
>>
>>

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
news7C86951-7CAB-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.

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
> news7C86951-7CAB-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.
>
>

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
>> news7C86951-7CAB-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.
>>
>>

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
> >> news7C86951-7CAB-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.
> >>
> >>
>
>

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
>> >> news7C86951-7CAB-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.
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>

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
> >> >> news7C86951-7CAB-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.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>