Windows Mail Contacts sub-folders

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John Hanley

I have my Windows Mail contacts grouped in sub-folders, which I can see when
I open the main Contacts folder. However, when I am writing a New Mail
Message and want to select recipients in the To: box, the listing is not
grouped by sub-folders, but is one long listing. I would like to not have
to scroll down through this long list. What has to be done to have the
recipients grouped by sub-folders in the Select Recipients window (as it is
in the main Contacts folder)? Thanks.
 
I have exactly the same problem after I moved from Windows XP to VISTA (Mail
instead of Outlook Exp). I can't believe the idiots at Microsoft would do
this. It's bad enough that one has to recreate the complete address book (for
some other unknown reason one cannot export/import the address book (WAB)
from Outlook Exp - you get just one humungous list of email addresses and
have to painstakingly move each entry into subfolders).

If you find a solution to this problem, please do post it, or let me know
directly ([email protected]). Otherwise, I'm afraid I will have to look for
an alternative mail program.

Malcolm Kennedy
 
Unfortunately, that's how Windows Mail contacts work.
The Contacts feature works better in Windows Live Mail where you can
select a group from the To box, and (even better!) you can expand that
group (if desired) and omit selected members of that group.
In WM, the group is an all-or-nothing proposition.

Try WLM, you may like it:
http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas
 
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