if you are missing the "NEW" buttons on the tool bar, right click in blank space in folder and select properties, then use drop down menu and select CONTACTS, apply and ok.
mikeyhsd@comcast.net
"Olafsdottir/Masson" <OlafsdottirMasson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9A3B6F44-766E-4DE1-9E2D-BE1C6D449CA3@microsoft.com...
Pat Cremin, you are a genie! You solved a difficault problem for me, to send
one e-mail to many people without having to look for them in my crowded
contacts´ list. Vista recommends to hit a "New Contact Group" button on my
toolbar. There is no such button. But now I can send all my "Mother´s
Family" contacts (23) the same mail without much trouble. Thank you very
much.
Mar Vidar Masson, Reykjavik
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"Pat Cremin, CCS" wrote:
> For all you fellow losers out there that are running Vista Windows Mail and
> miss their Groups from Outlook or Outlook Express, I have a found a
> workaround after a week of trial and error.
>
> I hope Microsoft is listening when I say: This is an unforgivable error and
> a marketing blunder. My Outlook Express worked just fine. Why take it away
> from me and force me to use a new product that has horrific shortcomings in
> it? This has cost me days of my life to make it usable. PLEASE fix it right
> quickly!
>
> OK, I’m done venting. Now to the temporary workaround.
>
> 1. Open Windows Explorer, go to C:\users\you\documents\Contacts
> 2. Make new sub folders for “friends”, “family”, “work”, etc.
> 3. Move or copy contacts into each of these sub folders from the main folder
> 4. For each folder (I’ll use family as an example):
> a. Open the folder
> b. Double click on the first contact listed to open it’s properties
> c. Go to the Home tab at the top of the screen
> d. Enter the word “family” in the street field
> e. Highlight “family” and hit Control-C to copy; click OK
> f. For each member of the Family Folder, repeat this process
> g. Use the Control-V to paste “family” and save typing
> 5. To use, open Windows Mail, create a new mail or forward an old one
> 6. Click the “TO” button; click “find” button; Look in = Windows Contacts
> 7. Put “family” in the address field; click the “find now” button
> 8. Select the desired emails (use your SHIFT and Control keys for shortcuts)
> 9. Click on the TO, CC or BCC buttons, click OK, and SEND
> 10. HINT: BCC stands for Blind Carbon Copy. PLEASE use it for most of your
> forwards. It stops all the recipients from seeing all of the address of any
> of the other recipients.
>
> Hope this helps. Pat Cremin
>
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