Vista - Windows Mail Contacts

I have several entries in my windows mail contacts. However when addressing
a new message the mail program does not
use the windows contact file for addresses. How do I establish a
relationship between the two?

Use the Contacts and Vista will learn each one for future use (better than
OE as EVERY entry beginning the same would come up).

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"dlyle4" <dlyle4@cablespeed.com> wrote in message
news:OUR%23rZ31HHA.6128@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I have several entries in my windows mail contacts. However when addressing
>a new message the mail program does not
> use the windows contact file for addresses. How do I establish a
> relationship between the two?

I have folders in contacts with several contacts in each.... under the old
OE, I had the option of choosing a specific folder and then selecting the
contact "to address mail to". I can not figure out how to make this happen
in Mail.... EVERY contact displays when I click on "TO". This is not
efficient... to scroll through all contacts. Thanks for any tips on how to
get the Contact setup to display as I want it to.

"housetrained" wrote:

> Use the Contacts and Vista will learn each one for future use (better than
> OE as EVERY entry beginning the same would come up).
>
> --
> John the West Ham fan
> house.trained@virgin.net
> housetrained@hotmail.com
> <><
> "dlyle4" <dlyle4@cablespeed.com> wrote in message
> news:OUR%23rZ31HHA.6128@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >I have several entries in my windows mail contacts. However when addressing
> >a new message the mail program does not
> > use the windows contact file for addresses. How do I establish a
> > relationship between the two?
>
>

you have to set up GROUPS to do anything similar to what in OE.
the exact thing you describe from OE is not available in WM.



mikeyhsd@comcast.net



"alan" <alan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A7B868F2-8CF4-40AB-AF31-9133646ED0E1@microsoft.com...
I have folders in contacts with several contacts in each.... under the old
OE, I had the option of choosing a specific folder and then selecting the
contact "to address mail to". I can not figure out how to make this happen
in Mail.... EVERY contact displays when I click on "TO". This is not
efficient... to scroll through all contacts. Thanks for any tips on how to
get the Contact setup to display as I want it to.

"housetrained" wrote:

> Use the Contacts and Vista will learn each one for future use (better than
> OE as EVERY entry beginning the same would come up).
>
> --
> John the West Ham fan
> house.trained@virgin.net
> housetrained@hotmail.com
> <><
> "dlyle4" <dlyle4@cablespeed.com> wrote in message
> news:OUR%23rZ31HHA.6128@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >I have several entries in my windows mail contacts. However when addressing
> >a new message the mail program does not
> > use the windows contact file for addresses. How do I establish a
> > relationship between the two?
>
>

Contacts do not work very well in Windows Mail.
If you need that feature, upgrade to Windows Live Mail:
http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas

Gary VanderMolen


"alan" <alan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A7B868F2-8CF4-40AB-AF31-9133646ED0E1@microsoft.com...
>I have folders in contacts with several contacts in each.... under the old
> OE, I had the option of choosing a specific folder and then selecting the
> contact "to address mail to". I can not figure out how to make this happen
> in Mail.... EVERY contact displays when I click on "TO". This is not
> efficient... to scroll through all contacts. Thanks for any tips on how to
> get the Contact setup to display as I want it to.
>
> "housetrained" wrote:
>
>> Use the Contacts and Vista will learn each one for future use (better than
>> OE as EVERY entry beginning the same would come up).
>>
>> --
>> John the West Ham fan
>> house.trained@virgin.net
>> housetrained@hotmail.com
>> <><
>> "dlyle4" <dlyle4@cablespeed.com> wrote in message
>> news:OUR%23rZ31HHA.6128@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> >I have several entries in my windows mail contacts. However when addressing
>> >a new message the mail program does not
>> > use the windows contact file for addresses. How do I establish a
>> > relationship between the two?
>>
>>