Vista Tutorial - organizing windows mail contacts

I took the time to organize my contacts into folders.......then I went to
send an email and clicked on "select recepients" and the whole dang list of
contacts comes up that you have to scroll thru.......instead of showing the
folders that I just organized........what kind of crap is this? I hate this
thing....windows mail really sucks........it is set up with no regard to the
home user........everything about Vista seems to be geared towards
"business"........the "home" computer user has just been totally
forgotten........is there anyway to get this darn list organized better?

Try right clicking the contacts window and you can choose Group by or Stack
by or whatever.

See if that helps.

steve

"Reynolds" <Reynolds@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CB2C76B4-B95A-46C6-910C-DCF2B93CBA3B@microsoft.com...
>I took the time to organize my contacts into folders.......then I went to
> send an email and clicked on "select recepients" and the whole dang list
> of
> contacts comes up that you have to scroll thru.......instead of showing
> the
> folders that I just organized........what kind of crap is this? I hate
> this
> thing....windows mail really sucks........it is set up with no regard to
> the
> home user........everything about Vista seems to be geared towards
> "business"........the "home" computer user has just been totally
> forgotten........is there anyway to get this darn list organized better?

what you said makes sense, but for the average ordinary person like myself,
some of your wording made no sense
Scott

"Steve Cochran" wrote:

> Try right clicking the contacts window and you can choose Group by or Stack
> by or whatever.
>
> See if that helps.
>
> steve
>
> "Reynolds" <Reynolds@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CB2C76B4-B95A-46C6-910C-DCF2B93CBA3B@microsoft.com...
> >I took the time to organize my contacts into folders.......then I went to
> > send an email and clicked on "select recepients" and the whole dang list
> > of
> > contacts comes up that you have to scroll thru.......instead of showing
> > the
> > folders that I just organized........what kind of crap is this? I hate
> > this
> > thing....windows mail really sucks........it is set up with no regard to
> > the
> > home user........everything about Vista seems to be geared towards
> > "business"........the "home" computer user has just been totally
> > forgotten........is there anyway to get this darn list organized better?
>

I was just using English.

steve

"snjnt2" <snjnt2@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:6C16009C-0C9B-4EA9-BAAF-7E99D8984075@microsoft.com...
> what you said makes sense, but for the average ordinary person like
> myself,
> some of your wording made no sense
> Scott
>
> "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>
>> Try right clicking the contacts window and you can choose Group by or
>> Stack
>> by or whatever.
>>
>> See if that helps.
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "Reynolds" <Reynolds@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:CB2C76B4-B95A-46C6-910C-DCF2B93CBA3B@microsoft.com...
>> >I took the time to organize my contacts into folders.......then I went
>> >to
>> > send an email and clicked on "select recepients" and the whole dang
>> > list
>> > of
>> > contacts comes up that you have to scroll thru.......instead of showing
>> > the
>> > folders that I just organized........what kind of crap is this? I
>> > hate
>> > this
>> > thing....windows mail really sucks........it is set up with no regard
>> > to
>> > the
>> > home user........everything about Vista seems to be geared towards
>> > "business"........the "home" computer user has just been totally
>> > forgotten........is there anyway to get this darn list organized
>> > better?
>>

do you mean from the tool bar in windows mail? It wont "right click".....

"Reynolds" wrote:

> I took the time to organize my contacts into folders.......then I went to
> send an email and clicked on "select recepients" and the whole dang list of
> contacts comes up that you have to scroll thru.......instead of showing the
> folders that I just organized........what kind of crap is this? I hate this
> thing....windows mail really sucks........it is set up with no regard to the
> home user........everything about Vista seems to be geared towards
> "business"........the "home" computer user has just been totally
> forgotten........is there anyway to get this darn list organized better?

the folder "contacts" is organized into separate folder for the
contacts..example: family, friends, business,......I get ready to send an
email........bring up the new message box.....click on tools.....click on
"select recepients" and the whole list comes back up unorganized..........I
have to sort thru them all to find my contacts......which is very time
consuming........I do not understand where you want me to "right click"
at........I have right clicked everywhere conceivable.......and there is no
right click enabled.......spell it out for me better
please......thanks!!!!!!!!! Your help is very much appreciated!!!!!!!!!!

"Steve Cochran" wrote:

> Try right clicking the contacts window and you can choose Group by or Stack
> by or whatever.
>
> See if that helps.
>
> steve
>
> "Reynolds" <Reynolds@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CB2C76B4-B95A-46C6-910C-DCF2B93CBA3B@microsoft.com...
> >I took the time to organize my contacts into folders.......then I went to
> > send an email and clicked on "select recepients" and the whole dang list
> > of
> > contacts comes up that you have to scroll thru.......instead of showing
> > the
> > folders that I just organized........what kind of crap is this? I hate
> > this
> > thing....windows mail really sucks........it is set up with no regard to
> > the
> > home user........everything about Vista seems to be geared towards
> > "business"........the "home" computer user has just been totally
> > forgotten........is there anyway to get this darn list organized better?
>

Left click on the WinMail toolbar Contacts Icon or go to Start | Programs |
Windows Contacts. That will bring up the contacts window that I was
referring to. I didn't mean the one from which you select a contact when
you are emailing a message.

There does not appear to be anyway I see to customize the window that pops
up when you click on the To button on the new mail message form.

steve

"Reynolds" <Reynolds@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3E29C99F-CC87-4FD6-A6A8-F2E63A1B1A07@microsoft.com...
> the folder "contacts" is organized into separate folder for the
> contacts..example: family, friends, business,......I get ready to send an
> email........bring up the new message box.....click on tools.....click on
> "select recepients" and the whole list comes back up
> unorganized..........I
> have to sort thru them all to find my contacts......which is very time
> consuming........I do not understand where you want me to "right click"
> at........I have right clicked everywhere conceivable.......and there is
> no
> right click enabled.......spell it out for me better
> please......thanks!!!!!!!!! Your help is very much appreciated!!!!!!!!!!
>
> "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>
>> Try right clicking the contacts window and you can choose Group by or
>> Stack
>> by or whatever.
>>
>> See if that helps.
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "Reynolds" <Reynolds@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:CB2C76B4-B95A-46C6-910C-DCF2B93CBA3B@microsoft.com...
>> >I took the time to organize my contacts into folders.......then I went
>> >to
>> > send an email and clicked on "select recepients" and the whole dang
>> > list
>> > of
>> > contacts comes up that you have to scroll thru.......instead of showing
>> > the
>> > folders that I just organized........what kind of crap is this? I
>> > hate
>> > this
>> > thing....windows mail really sucks........it is set up with no regard
>> > to
>> > the
>> > home user........everything about Vista seems to be geared towards
>> > "business"........the "home" computer user has just been totally
>> > forgotten........is there anyway to get this darn list organized
>> > better?
>>

Outlook Express is much easier to build contact groups. In Mail you must add
one contact at a time instead of just selecting from your email list and
moving it to the group contact.
--
MaryAnn


"Reynolds" wrote:

> do you mean from the tool bar in windows mail? It wont "right click".....
>
> "Reynolds" wrote:
>
> > I took the time to organize my contacts into folders.......then I went to
> > send an email and clicked on "select recepients" and the whole dang list of
> > contacts comes up that you have to scroll thru.......instead of showing the
> > folders that I just organized........what kind of crap is this? I hate this
> > thing....windows mail really sucks........it is set up with no regard to the
> > home user........everything about Vista seems to be geared towards
> > "business"........the "home" computer user has just been totally
> > forgotten........is there anyway to get this darn list organized better?

what is the reason you can organize addresses into groups in the contacts
folder........yet when you need to use these groups ........they are
unavailable for use........seems useless.........if you can use them as
organized groups in mail or other programs........then why put them in groups
to start with? I am totally confused on this one......

"Steve Cochran" wrote:

> Left click on the WinMail toolbar Contacts Icon or go to Start | Programs |
> Windows Contacts. That will bring up the contacts window that I was
> referring to. I didn't mean the one from which you select a contact when
> you are emailing a message.
>
> There does not appear to be anyway I see to customize the window that pops
> up when you click on the To button on the new mail message form.
>
> steve
>
> "Reynolds" <Reynolds@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3E29C99F-CC87-4FD6-A6A8-F2E63A1B1A07@microsoft.com...
> > the folder "contacts" is organized into separate folder for the
> > contacts..example: family, friends, business,......I get ready to send an
> > email........bring up the new message box.....click on tools.....click on
> > "select recepients" and the whole list comes back up
> > unorganized..........I
> > have to sort thru them all to find my contacts......which is very time
> > consuming........I do not understand where you want me to "right click"
> > at........I have right clicked everywhere conceivable.......and there is
> > no
> > right click enabled.......spell it out for me better
> > please......thanks!!!!!!!!! Your help is very much appreciated!!!!!!!!!!
> >
> > "Steve Cochran" wrote:
> >
> >> Try right clicking the contacts window and you can choose Group by or
> >> Stack
> >> by or whatever.
> >>
> >> See if that helps.
> >>
> >> steve
> >>
> >> "Reynolds" <Reynolds@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:CB2C76B4-B95A-46C6-910C-DCF2B93CBA3B@microsoft.com...
> >> >I took the time to organize my contacts into folders.......then I went
> >> >to
> >> > send an email and clicked on "select recepients" and the whole dang
> >> > list
> >> > of
> >> > contacts comes up that you have to scroll thru.......instead of showing
> >> > the
> >> > folders that I just organized........what kind of crap is this? I
> >> > hate
> >> > this
> >> > thing....windows mail really sucks........it is set up with no regard
> >> > to
> >> > the
> >> > home user........everything about Vista seems to be geared towards
> >> > "business"........the "home" computer user has just been totally
> >> > forgotten........is there anyway to get this darn list organized
> >> > better?
> >>
>

I am having the same problem as Reynolds and all of what you told him doesnt
work or make since! Can you please tel me if you have a fix for this now or
how to get this to work and be easier.

James Sparks Asset_Protection2004@hotmail.com

"Reynolds" wrote:

> I took the time to organize my contacts into folders.......then I went to
> send an email and clicked on "select recepients" and the whole dang list of
> contacts comes up that you have to scroll thru.......instead of showing the
> folders that I just organized........what kind of crap is this? I hate this
> thing....windows mail really sucks........it is set up with no regard to the
> home user........everything about Vista seems to be geared towards
> "business"........the "home" computer user has just been totally
> forgotten........is there anyway to get this darn list organized better?