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Is there a way to send to 10+ recipients? Outlook Express never was able to
do this, and I hope that Vista "Windows Mail" now can.

Sure, if your email provider permits it.
Hotmail puts a limit on new accounts, until they demonstrate they are not
spammers.

http://windowslivehelp.com/solutions...st-1-2008.aspx



"Patrick Whittle" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Is there a way to send to 10+ recipients? Outlook Express never was able
> to do this, and I hope that Vista "Windows Mail" now can.
>
>

If you are mailing the same message to the same group of people a lot of
times, create a contact group, enter a name for the contact group you
created, enter the addresses to the contact group.
Next time all you have to do is enter the group name in the TO column.
t-4-2

"Patrick Whittle" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Is there a way to send to 10+ recipients? Outlook Express never was able
> to do this, and I hope that Vista "Windows Mail" now can.
>
>

"Patrick Whittle" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Is there a way to send to 10+ recipients? Outlook Express never was able
> to do this, and I hope that Vista "Windows Mail" now can.

Sure it is, and OE was always able to do this. I do it regularly on OE and
WM and Windows Live Mail systems, to groups ranging from 15 to several
hundred.

Create Groups in the contact list, add recipients to the group, then when
you address, use the name of the group. It's that easy.

Generally, you add them to the BCC section which prevents the display of
all the addresses in the received mail; send to yourself as the primary
recipient.

Your mail provider *may* have restrictions on how many you can send at one
time, for spam-prevention purposes. Similarly, some of your recipients may
have spam filters configured to block mails sent this way. If that's the
case, contact them so that they can contact their IT group or mail provider
to white-list your address.

HTH
-pk

I opened Windows Mail (Vista) and tried what you said. There is nowhere to
add a group, within "Contacts" so I gueas I'll go to
technet.microsoft.com... or something.

"Patrick Keenan" <> wrote in message
news:%...
>
> "Patrick Whittle" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Is there a way to send to 10+ recipients? Outlook Express never was able
>> to do this, and I hope that Vista "Windows Mail" now can.
>
> Sure it is, and OE was always able to do this. I do it regularly on OE
> and WM and Windows Live Mail systems, to groups ranging from 15 to several
> hundred.
>
> Create Groups in the contact list, add recipients to the group, then when
> you address, use the name of the group. It's that easy.
>
> Generally, you add them to the BCC section which prevents the display of
> all the addresses in the received mail; send to yourself as the primary
> recipient.
>
> Your mail provider *may* have restrictions on how many you can send at one
> time, for spam-prevention purposes. Similarly, some of your recipients
> may have spam filters configured to block mails sent this way. If
> that's the case, contact them so that they can contact their IT group or
> mail provider to white-list your address.
>
> HTH
> -pk

If the toolbar in Contacts doesn't have all the options, then the
folder type for Contacts is incorrect. Try this:
Open Windows Contacts. Right-click somewhere in that
empty white space to the far right. Select Customize This Folder,
click the little triangle, and from the dropdown list select Contacts,
then click OK.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Patrick Whittle" <> wrote in message news:...
>I opened Windows Mail (Vista) and tried what you said. There is nowhere to add a group, within "Contacts" so I gueas I'll go to
>technet.microsoft.com... or something.
>
> "Patrick Keenan" <> wrote in message news:%...
>>
>> "Patrick Whittle" <> wrote in message news:...
>>> Is there a way to send to 10+ recipients? Outlook Express never was able to do this, and I hope that Vista "Windows Mail" now
>>> can.
>>
>> Sure it is, and OE was always able to do this. I do it regularly on OE and WM and Windows Live Mail systems, to groups
>> ranging from 15 to several hundred.
>>
>> Create Groups in the contact list, add recipients to the group, then when you address, use the name of the group. It's that
>> easy.
>>
>> Generally, you add them to the BCC section which prevents the display of all the addresses in the received mail; send to
>> yourself as the primary recipient.
>>
>> Your mail provider *may* have restrictions on how many you can send at one time, for spam-prevention purposes. Similarly,
>> some of your recipients may have spam filters configured to block mails sent this way. If that's the case, contact them so
>> that they can contact their IT group or mail provider to white-list your address.
>>
>> HTH
>> -pk
>

Patrick,
There is an icon next to Send/receive. That is the Contact button. Click
that. Do you see New Contact Group ? If yes. that's where you create contact
group.
t-4-2

"Patrick Whittle" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I opened Windows Mail (Vista) and tried what you said. There is nowhere
> to add a group, within "Contacts" so I gueas I'll go to
> technet.microsoft.com... or something.
>
> "Patrick Keenan" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>>
>> "Patrick Whittle" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Is there a way to send to 10+ recipients? Outlook Express never was
>>> able to do this, and I hope that Vista "Windows Mail" now can.
>>
>> Sure it is, and OE was always able to do this. I do it regularly on OE
>> and WM and Windows Live Mail systems, to groups ranging from 15 to
>> several hundred.
>>
>> Create Groups in the contact list, add recipients to the group, then
>> when you address, use the name of the group. It's that easy.
>>
>> Generally, you add them to the BCC section which prevents the display of
>> all the addresses in the received mail; send to yourself as the primary
>> recipient.
>>
>> Your mail provider *may* have restrictions on how many you can send at
>> one time, for spam-prevention purposes. Similarly, some of your
>> recipients may have spam filters configured to block mails sent this way.
>> If that's the case, contact them so that they can contact their IT group
>> or mail provider to white-list your address.
>>
>> HTH
>> -pk
>

Everything looks fine, but there is no "little triangle" on mine. Is this
an "Outlook Express" thing? (where I need Outlook?? ... I'm running Vista;
I don't know if Windows has two versions, as Outlook did)

"Gary VanderMolen" <> wrote in message
news:...
> If the toolbar in Contacts doesn't have all the options, then the
> folder type for Contacts is incorrect. Try this:
> Open Windows Contacts. Right-click somewhere in that
> empty white space to the far right. Select Customize This Folder,
> click the little triangle, and from the dropdown list select Contacts,
> then click OK.
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>
>
> "Patrick Whittle" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>I opened Windows Mail (Vista) and tried what you said. There is nowhere
>>to add a group, within "Contacts" so I gueas I'll go to
>>technet.microsoft.com... or something.
>>
>> "Patrick Keenan" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>>
>>> "Patrick Whittle" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> Is there a way to send to 10+ recipients? Outlook Express never was
>>>> able to do this, and I hope that Vista "Windows Mail" now can.
>>>
>>> Sure it is, and OE was always able to do this. I do it regularly on OE
>>> and WM and Windows Live Mail systems, to groups ranging from 15 to
>>> several hundred.
>>>
>>> Create Groups in the contact list, add recipients to the group, then
>>> when you address, use the name of the group. It's that easy.
>>>
>>> Generally, you add them to the BCC section which prevents the display
>>> of all the addresses in the received mail; send to yourself as the
>>> primary recipient.
>>>
>>> Your mail provider *may* have restrictions on how many you can send at
>>> one time, for spam-prevention purposes. Similarly, some of your
>>> recipients may have spam filters configured to block mails sent this
>>> way. If that's the case, contact them so that they can contact their
>>> IT group or mail provider to white-list your address.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>> -pk
>>
>
>

Let me see if I can help.
Open Windows Mail > look up, click VIEW > click LAYOUT > click CUSTOMIZE
TOOLBAR >
you should now see a window within which there are 2 boxes. The one on the
left is " Available toolbar buttons ", the one on the right is " Current
toolbar buttons ". At the middle of those 2 are ADD and REMOVE.
Find where is the CONTACT. Is it inside the left box ? If yes, click that,
then click ADD. It is now inside the right box.
Click CLOSE.
Go back to the toolbar menu, click the icon next to Send/receive. Do you now
see New Contact Group ? If yes, click that. You are now ready to create a
new contact group. Hope this will help.
t-4-2

"Patrick Whittle" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Everything looks fine, but there is no "little triangle" on mine. Is this
> an "Outlook Express" thing? (where I need Outlook?? ... I'm running
> Vista; I don't know if Windows has two versions, as Outlook did)
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> If the toolbar in Contacts doesn't have all the options, then the
>> folder type for Contacts is incorrect. Try this:
>> Open Windows Contacts. Right-click somewhere in that
>> empty white space to the far right. Select Customize This Folder,
>> click the little triangle, and from the dropdown list select Contacts,
>> then click OK.
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>>
>>
>> "Patrick Whittle" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>>I opened Windows Mail (Vista) and tried what you said. There is nowhere
>>>to add a group, within "Contacts" so I gueas I'll go to
>>>technet.microsoft.com... or something.
>>>
>>> "Patrick Keenan" <> wrote in message
>>> news:%...
>>>>
>>>> "Patrick Whittle" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:...
>>>>> Is there a way to send to 10+ recipients? Outlook Express never was
>>>>> able to do this, and I hope that Vista "Windows Mail" now can.
>>>>
>>>> Sure it is, and OE was always able to do this. I do it regularly on
>>>> OE and WM and Windows Live Mail systems, to groups ranging from 15 to
>>>> several hundred.
>>>>
>>>> Create Groups in the contact list, add recipients to the group, then
>>>> when you address, use the name of the group. It's that easy.
>>>>
>>>> Generally, you add them to the BCC section which prevents the display
>>>> of all the addresses in the received mail; send to yourself as the
>>>> primary recipient.
>>>>
>>>> Your mail provider *may* have restrictions on how many you can send at
>>>> one time, for spam-prevention purposes. Similarly, some of your
>>>> recipients may have spam filters configured to block mails sent this
>>>> way. If that's the case, contact them so that they can contact
>>>> their IT group or mail provider to white-list your address.
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>> -pk
>>>
>>
>>
>

It's a Vista thing. Vista will try to "help" and use a folder template
based on what type of files it sees in the folder.
Every folder can be configured to present different file attributes. There
are a few preset configurations, known as "templates".
It shouldn't do this for the Contacts folder, but it sometimes does.

Here's my boilerplate reply.....

When you have the Contacts folder open, you should have a button on the
toolbar for "New Contact", "New Contact Group", Import" and "Export". If
you don't see these buttons, the folder template got changed, as it
sometimes does...

Right-click on a blank area of the right pane, and select "Customize this
folder".
In the pull-down box, select "Contacts"
OK




"Patrick Whittle" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Everything looks fine, but there is no "little triangle" on mine. Is this
> an "Outlook Express" thing? (where I need Outlook?? ... I'm running
> Vista; I don't know if Windows has two versions, as Outlook did)
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> If the toolbar in Contacts doesn't have all the options, then the
>> folder type for Contacts is incorrect. Try this:
>> Open Windows Contacts. Right-click somewhere in that
>> empty white space to the far right. Select Customize This Folder,
>> click the little triangle, and from the dropdown list select Contacts,
>> then click OK.
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>>
>>
>> "Patrick Whittle" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>>I opened Windows Mail (Vista) and tried what you said. There is nowhere
>>>to add a group, within "Contacts" so I gueas I'll go to
>>>technet.microsoft.com... or something.
>>>
>>> "Patrick Keenan" <> wrote in message
>>> news:%...
>>>>
>>>> "Patrick Whittle" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:...
>>>>> Is there a way to send to 10+ recipients? Outlook Express never was
>>>>> able to do this, and I hope that Vista "Windows Mail" now can.
>>>>
>>>> Sure it is, and OE was always able to do this. I do it regularly on
>>>> OE and WM and Windows Live Mail systems, to groups ranging from 15 to
>>>> several hundred.
>>>>
>>>> Create Groups in the contact list, add recipients to the group, then
>>>> when you address, use the name of the group. It's that easy.
>>>>
>>>> Generally, you add them to the BCC section which prevents the display
>>>> of all the addresses in the received mail; send to yourself as the
>>>> primary recipient.
>>>>
>>>> Your mail provider *may* have restrictions on how many you can send at
>>>> one time, for spam-prevention purposes. Similarly, some of your
>>>> recipients may have spam filters configured to block mails sent this
>>>> way. If that's the case, contact them so that they can contact
>>>> their IT group or mail provider to white-list your address.
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>> -pk
>>>
>>
>>
>