Outlook Express in Vista?

Outlook Express in Vista? (Vista Home Premium)

I have not been able to organize my address book in Windows
Mail (that came with Vista) the way I want. With WinXP,
I organized my OE address book into folders for types of
correspondents, such as relatives, creditors, research, hobby,
etc. and when I sent multiple recipients an email I opened
folders to select individuals to add to the email's TO list.

Now with Vista there are no more folders. When composing
an email, opening the address book presents all my email addresses
(about 200) at once, with no differentiation as to contact category.
There is a provision to designate addresses as belonging to a
category, but it only creates an icon representing that category.
the actual addresses are all still presented en masse.

I want to be able to separate my addresses into discrete categories
or folders, and I want to be able to select some names from each
folder for a message without having to send the entire folder.

Am I missing something in Windows Mail (that came with Vista)
that will give me the convenience I had in WinXP/OE? Is it
possible to download OE and use it in Vista? Is there another
email program I can use? Thanks for any help.

Rodan.

"Rodan" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Outlook Express in Vista? (Vista Home Premium)
>
> I have not been able to organize my address book in Windows
> Mail (that came with Vista) the way I want. With WinXP,
> I organized my OE address book into folders for types of
> correspondents, such as relatives, creditors, research, hobby,
> etc. and when I sent multiple recipients an email I opened
> folders to select individuals to add to the email's TO list.
>
> Now with Vista there are no more folders. When composing
> an email, opening the address book presents all my email addresses
> (about 200) at once, with no differentiation as to contact category.
> There is a provision to designate addresses as belonging to a
> category, but it only creates an icon representing that category.
> the actual addresses are all still presented en masse.
>
> I want to be able to separate my addresses into discrete categories
> or folders, and I want to be able to select some names from each
> folder for a message without having to send the entire folder.
>
> Am I missing something in Windows Mail (that came with Vista)
> that will give me the convenience I had in WinXP/OE? Is it
> possible to download OE and use it in Vista? Is there another
> email program I can use? Thanks for any help.
>
> Rodan.

I'm not sure what is causing your problem. I have no difficulty in creating
a group, and adding specific contacts to it. Once I've given the group a
name, if I click on it it shows me who those contacts are - not the en masse
contacts as you are describing.

Why don't you give it another try? Perhaps there was something wrong with
the selection process when you created the group?
Lesley

Did you try making a folder inside the contacts folder
As for another e-mail program you can use Mozilla Thunderbir
it is free.(made by the same people that do firefox.
'Thunderbird - Reclaim your inbox
(http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/

Or you can use Outlook but that will cost you

Jimm

--
jp07764

Black Vista version <> wrote:
>
> instead they are developing windows LIVE MAIL (desktop version) the
> latest is wave 3 beta (that is very stable though)
> http://www.labnol.org/software/downl...-software/4575
>


YUCK!

ss.

Rodan <> wrote:
>
> Outlook Express in Vista? (Vista Home Premium)
>
> I have not been able to organize my address book in Windows
> Mail (that came with Vista) the way I want. With WinXP,
> I organized my OE address book into folders for types of
> correspondents, such as relatives, creditors, research, hobby,
> etc. and when I sent multiple recipients an email I opened
> folders to select individuals to add to the email's TO list.
>
> Now with Vista there are no more folders. When composing
> an email, opening the address book presents all my email addresses
> (about 200) at once, with no differentiation as to contact category.
> There is a provision to designate addresses as belonging to a
> category, but it only creates an icon representing that category.
> the actual addresses are all still presented en masse.
>
> I want to be able to separate my addresses into discrete categories
> or folders, and I want to be able to select some names from each
> folder for a message without having to send the entire folder.
>
> Am I missing something in Windows Mail (that came with Vista)
> that will give me the convenience I had in WinXP/OE? Is it
> possible to download OE and use it in Vista? Is there another
> email program I can use? Thanks for any help.



If you use email a lot, and have that many contacts, I recommend you buy
Outlook 2007. It has an incredible array of rules, filters, and other
features, like Calendar, Notes, Tasks, etc.. I only started using Outlook
just over two years ago, and I wish I started using it long before.

ss.

Black Vista version wrote:
> SUPER YUCK!!!!
>
> I use it too but its one of the worse user unfriendly applications out
> there!!
>
>
> plus it's a hog of an email client, big fat slow and unstable!
>
>
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Just more proof that you have no idea what you're doing concerning
computers.

The idiot version of a moron wrote:
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Don't quit that help desk job mr google jockey as that is proly the best
job you'll ever have!...LOL!

The idiot version of a moron wrote:
> Frank look closer at what you shave the close as soon as shown by
> screech for finish new freaking while a SHR to food mile access it used
> you are a lot to look because one nice to open the you'd like to include
> a way of fox shape at a mall sheep
>
> This paragraph was dictated by my Microsoft speech recognition that how
>
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Oops!...Your fat stupid empty head has once again fallen out of your fat
stupid ignorant ass!
Re-insert!...LOL!

"Louie" <> wrote in message
news:...
> (sent/cross-posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail)
>
> On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:49:49 -0800, "Rodan" <> wrote:
>
>>Outlook Express in Vista? (Vista Home Premium)
>>
>>I have not been able to organize my address book in Windows
>>Mail (that came with Vista) the way I want. With WinXP,
>>I organized my OE address book into folders for types of
>>correspondents, such as relatives, creditors, research, hobby,
>>etc. and when I sent multiple recipients an email I opened
>>folders to select individuals to add to the email's TO list.
>>
>>Now with Vista there are no more folders. When composing
>>an email, opening the address book presents all my email addresses
>>(about 200) at once, with no differentiation as to contact category.
>>There is a provision to designate addresses as belonging to a
>>category, but it only creates an icon representing that category.
>>the actual addresses are all still presented en masse.
>>
>>I want to be able to separate my addresses into discrete categories
>>or folders, and I want to be able to select some names from each
>>folder for a message without having to send the entire folder.
>>
>>Am I missing something in Windows Mail (that came with Vista)
>>that will give me the convenience I had in WinXP/OE? Is it
>>possible to download OE and use it in Vista? Is there another
>>email program I can use? Thanks for any help.
>>
>>Rodan.