Contacts List

I have a new laptop computer with Vista Home Premium. It came with Windows
Mail. Previously I used Outlook Express and in Outlook express there is a
pain underneath the Folders Pain on the left which lists all my contacts.
This is very handy as all I have to do to start a message to any one person
in my contacts list is double click on their name. I've searched in the
various options in Windows Mail to try and set up this same functionality so
I don't have to use other, more cumbersome, methods of starting a new
email... unfortunately, I can't find a way to add this handy list. Does any
one know if it's even possible with the new Windows Mail and if so, how do I
set it up

Not possible with Windows Mail.
The quickest alternate method:
Click 'Create Mail'. Click 'To'. Select recipient.

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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)


"Euclid" <Euclid@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0A7512A0-39BF-40B7-B0CF-A6E19A03F522@microsoft.com...
>I have a new laptop computer with Vista Home Premium. It came with Windows
> Mail. Previously I used Outlook Express and in Outlook express there is a
> pain underneath the Folders Pain on the left which lists all my contacts.
> This is very handy as all I have to do to start a message to any one person
> in my contacts list is double click on their name. I've searched in the
> various options in Windows Mail to try and set up this same functionality so
> I don't have to use other, more cumbersome, methods of starting a new
> email... unfortunately, I can't find a way to add this handy list. Does any
> one know if it's even possible with the new Windows Mail and if so, how do I
> set it up