Yes, WLM solves quite a few WM problems!
Gary VanderMolen
"Pat Mac" <pmacgregor88nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:75255468-AADB-4A4F-B8EB-ABB73E578D73@microsoft.com...
>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.
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> "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.
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