select recepient??????????
Posted by admin on Nov 19th, 2006
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!!
Nov 19th, 2006 at 11:56 pm
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:
Nov 23rd, 2006 at 03:49 pm
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:
Nov 27th, 2006 at 02:23 am
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"
Nov 30th, 2006 at 07:09 pm
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:
Dec 3rd, 2006 at 08:53 pm
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:
Dec 8th, 2006 at 05:46 pm
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 rightclick for "Action," "Send email."Does that work for you? That's how I do it.Brian Bradley"Reynolds"
Dec 9th, 2006 at 02:58 pm
Now that's a work around.. :)"Brian Bradley"
Dec 10th, 2006 at 11:25 am
Tedious, but very ingenious, actually.Gary VanderMolen "DGuess"
Dec 13th, 2006 at 04:30 pm
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 aboveright 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:
Dec 17th, 2006 at 04:45 pm
Microsoft Outlook has the strong contactmanagement features that you require."Sally Terris"