I think I've solved my own problem after reading some other posts about
problems with Windows Mail...I've downloaded Windows Live Mail and replaced
Windows Mail. I'm now able to create mailing lists with my contacts.
"Pat Mac" <pmacgregor88nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:
>I have some problems with the mail program in Microsoft Mail: When I click
>on the Contact icon on the toolbar above the mail it brings me to a list of
>my contacts with the "Date Modified, Type (Contact file) and Size. When I
>right click on that window there are only a few choices such as VIEW, Sort
>By, Group by (which puts the names in alphabetical order, etc. The only
>thing I can do at this point is click on a name that is already there and
>change their information. I cannot add a contact to my list unless I have
>an actual email that I've received from that person. Also, I cannot create
>contact groups (mailing lists) from my contact list. I wanted to take some
>of the names on my contact list and put them into groups. I've checked
>the Help files and they say to open Windows Contacts and on the toolbar
>click New Contact Group. The problem is "New Contact Group" does not
>appear on the tool bar. Can someone tell me how to fix this-it seems
>that I'm not staying within the mail program but I'm going to just folder
>with the list of contacts.