how to divide my list of e-mail addresses into separate folders?

In XP and prior versions I was able to separate my e-mail contacts into
separate folders. This way when I hit the "To" button, I could choose the
appropriate folder and not have to go through the total list. I don't know
how to do this in Vista.

Any help will be greatly appreciated

"halboye" <halboye@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news8A9D4CD-BF7A-472A-AEA5-BF74B4367784@microsoft.com...
> In XP and prior versions I was able to separate my e-mail contacts into
> separate folders. This way when I hit the "To" button, I could choose the
> appropriate folder and not have to go through the total list. I don't know
> how to do this in Vista.
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated

Open Windows Contacts and click New Contact Group in the toolbar.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Do not send mail.

You can't do it with Windows Mail (WM). Contact Groups
in WM are all-or-nothing distribution lists.
Windows Live Mail is similar except that Contact group
can be expanded into individual addressees, then trimmed
on the fly on the 'To' line.

Gary VanderMolen


"halboye" <halboye@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news8A9D4CD-BF7A-472A-AEA5-BF74B4367784@microsoft.com...
> In XP and prior versions I was able to separate my e-mail contacts into
> separate folders. This way when I hit the "To" button, I could choose the
> appropriate folder and not have to go through the total list. I don't know
> how to do this in Vista.
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated

BOOOOO!!

thanks for letting me know .... that's too bad, 'cause it was a very helpful
feature to me to have a whole group of e-mail addresses that i used only
rarely in a separate folder ... that way on a daily basis these names didn't
clutter my search

thanks very much for your assistance on both issues, halboye

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

> You can't do it with Windows Mail (WM). Contact Groups
> in WM are all-or-nothing distribution lists.
> Windows Live Mail is similar except that Contact group
> can be expanded into individual addressees, then trimmed
> on the fly on the 'To' line.
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
>
> "halboye" <halboye@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news8A9D4CD-BF7A-472A-AEA5-BF74B4367784@microsoft.com...
> > In XP and prior versions I was able to separate my e-mail contacts into
> > separate folders. This way when I hit the "To" button, I could choose the
> > appropriate folder and not have to go through the total list. I don't know
> > how to do this in Vista.
> >
> > Any help will be greatly appreciated
>
>
>