contact groups

[Guest]

can anyone give me straightforward instructions about how to create a contact
group? I cannot for the life of me manage it. I would like to send the same
email message to several people in my address book but not all. Thanks in
anticipation.

 

[Dave]

In Windows Mail, click on "Contacts".

On the Contacts toolbar, there should be a button for "New Contact Group".
click on it, give the group a name, and select contacts to add....

If you don't see that button, right-click on a blank area of the panel
listing your contacts, and select
"Customize this folder", in the template pull-down box, select "contacts"

 

[Guest]

Thank you, Dave, I shall try that - my problem was what to fill in for the
tab 'contact detals' - is that for each indiviual I want in the group? Do i
have to complete the details box one by one?

 

[Dave]

I'm not sure what the Contact Group Details is for... I assume it's info on
the group, not individuals...
You don't need to enter anything in there.

 

[Guest]

Thnaks, Dave

 

[Charles W Davis]

Help brought this:
Create contact groups (mailing lists)

A contact group is a collection of contacts that simplifies the process of
sending e‑mail to groups of people. By addressing a message to a contact
group, you save time by not having to add an address to the message for each
recipient. You can send the message to everyone in the contact group at
once.

When using contact groups, keep in mind that they do not hide the e‑mail
addresses of the recipients. When you send a message to a contact group, all
the recipients will be able to see the names and e‑mail addresses of the
other recipients.

Contact groups are designed to be used with Windows Mail, and are sometimes
called mailing lists.

Click to open Windows Contacts..

On the toolbar, click New Contact Group, type a name in the Group Name box,
and then fill in the boxes on the Contact Group tab and Contact Group
Details tab. You don't have to fill in all the boxes; just type as much
information as you want about the new contact group you are creating.

Add contacts to the contact group in any of the following ways:

To add individual contacts to the group from your existing contacts, click
Select Members.

To create new contacts and add them to the contact group, click New Contact.

To add new people to the contact group without also adding them to your
individual contacts, type the appropriate information in the Contact Name
and E‑mail boxes, and then click Add.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Two additional points:
It should be mentioned that contact group recipients can be hidden from
each other by using the BCC field rather than TO.

Unlike contact groups in WLM, a WM contact group can not be
expanded and edited on-the-fly, in case you want one more members
of that contact group to be excluded from the distribution of a message.

Gary VanderMolen

 

[Guest]

Thank you so much, Gary, that was exactly what I needed to know - much
appreciated. David

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

You're welcome.

Gary VanderMolen

Thank you so much, Gary, that was exactly what I needed to know - much
appreciated. David

 

[hatin1903]

Gary how do I get the button to add a group on my contacts ?

 

[Dave]

Your Contacts folder has apparently switched from it's proper default
template.
Open Contacts
Right-click on a blank area of the right pane, and select "Customize this
folder"
in the pull-down box, select "Contacts"
ok

 

[Donna B]

how do I use the BCC field to hide addresses?

Two additional points:
It should be mentioned that contact group recipients can be hidden from
each other by using the BCC field rather than TO.

Unlike contact groups in WLM, a WM contact group can not be
expanded and edited on-the-fly, in case you want one more members
of that contact group to be excluded from the distribution of a message.

Gary VanderMolen

 

[Guest]

If you start a new message and don't see the Bcc: header, click on
View, then All Headers in the new message window.

Recipients of such mail can still see their own addresses on the
Bcc: line if they know how to look there. The addresses of
any other recipients are deleted from the received copy, though.

If you completely removed the addresses, instead of just hiding
them, the mail would be undeliverable. Hiding the addresses
depends on what email program is used to look at the message,
and not what email program sent it.

 

[dAVE M]

(IN PART):

Two additional points:
It should be mentioned that contact group recipients can be hidden from
each other by using the BCC field rather than TO.

Step-by-step: How do you have the addresses hidden by using the BCC field?
When I add a contract I do not see an option to use the BCC field.

 

[dAVE M]

Two additional points:
It should be mentioned that contact group recipients can be hidden from
each other by using the BCC field rather than TO.

Unlike contact groups in WLM, a WM contact group can not be
expanded and edited on-the-fly, in case you want one more members
of that contact group to be excluded from the distribution of a message.

Gary VanderMolen

 

[mac]

Step-by-step: How do you have the addresses hidden by using the BCC
field?
When I add a contract I do not see an option to use the BCC field.

In a New mail window>view menu>all headers

mac

 

[Dave]

Create mail
View - All Headers

 

[Khawng Shawng]

(IN PART):


Step-by-step: How do you have the addresses hidden by using the BCC
field?
When I add a contract I do not see an option to use the BCC field.