The only way to utilize folders is to do it backwards...
open Contacts, navigate to your folder, select the contacts(s), right-click
and select Action - Send Email.
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"Sandielynne" <Sandielynne@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I just recently purchased my Vista pc, and I'm having problems organizing
> my
> contacts in the new Windows Mail address book (or contacts folder).
>
> In OE, I could sort my contacts into folders. Then when I would send an
> e-mail I could click on "to" and a window opened showing the list of
> folders
> in a drop down menu. I would choose the folder I wanted to pick my
> recipient
> (s) from. I could choose them individually or in groups. For some reason
> I
> can't figure out how to do this with Windows Mail Contacts.
>
> I have sorted my contacts into separate folders, but every time I click on
> "to" to choose the recipients of my message, it does not show the folders,
> but instead shows every single contact in the folder. It doesn't separate
> them at all. This makes choosing the recipients very tedious indeed.
>
> Any suggestions to solve this dilema??
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> Sandielynne