(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 2:26 am
Post subject: Contacts use when addressing a Mail message Archived from groups: microsoft>public>windows>vista>mail (more info?)
Under Outlook Express (windowsXP) when entering the address all one had to
do was to click on To: and the Select Recipients menu would appear with the
Main Identity's contacts with a selection arrow to choose a folder of
Grouped address to allow a person to make his choices to the various message
recipients.
When trying to do this with the mail program in Vista all I get is all the
contacts and no selections of Grouped address folders to open like Outlook
Express (windowsXP). Is this normal or what am I doing wrong.
Billy
(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 9:53 am
Post subject: Re: Contacts use when addressing a Mail message [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
"Billy" <b-m-karl DeleteThis @whidbey.net> wrote in message
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> Under Outlook Express (windowsXP) when entering the address all one had to
> do was to click on To: and the Select Recipients menu would appear with
> the Main Identity's contacts with a selection arrow to choose a folder of
> Grouped address to allow a person to make his choices to the various
> message recipients.
> When trying to do this with the mail program in Vista all I get is all the
> contacts and no selections of Grouped address folders to open like Outlook
> Express (windowsXP). Is this normal or what am I doing wrong.
> Billy
Windows Mail does not handle importing contact groups from Outlook
Express. It does allow you to create contact groups, but when you use
them, you don't have any choice of which group members to send mail
to if you include the group at all.
(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 2:10 pm
Post subject: Re: Contacts use when addressing a Mail message [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
I suggest you upgrade to Windows Live Mail which has a better
contacts feature.
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP
"Billy" <b-m-karl.DeleteThis@whidbey.net> wrote in message news:OdYXxTKwIHA.2028@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Under Outlook Express (windowsXP) when entering the address all one had to
> do was to click on To: and the Select Recipients menu would appear with the
> Main Identity's contacts with a selection arrow to choose a folder of
> Grouped address to allow a person to make his choices to the various message
> recipients.
> When trying to do this with the mail program in Vista all I get is all the
> contacts and no selections of Grouped address folders to open like Outlook
> Express (windowsXP). Is this normal or what am I doing wrong.
> Billy
>
(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 5:41 pm
Post subject: Re: Contacts use when addressing a Mail message [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
;728671 Wrote:
> "Billy" <b-m-karl@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:OdYXxTKwIHA.2028@xxxxxx> > > > > > Under Outlook Express (windowsXP) when entering the address all one > > had to > > > do was to click on To: and the Select Recipients menu would appear > > with > > > the Main Identity's contacts with a selection arrow to choose a > > folder of > > > Grouped address to allow a person to make his choices to the various > > > message recipients. > > > When trying to do this with the mail program in Vista all I get is > > all the > > > contacts and no selections of Grouped address folders to open like > > Outlook > > > Express (windowsXP). Is this normal or what am I doing wrong. > > > Billy > > > Windows Mail does not handle importing contact groups from Outlook > Express. It does allow you to create contact groups, but when you use > them, you don't have any choice of which group members to send mail > to if you include the group at all.
There is a work around: Address the message to the desired group(s).
Then, save it and close the message composition window. Go to your
Drafts folder and reopen the message. This expands the addresses from
just the group name(s) to show the individual addressees. You can delete
or add to that list as you choose.
(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 2:01 pm
Post subject: Re: Contacts use when addressing a Mail message [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
I guess my real question is (ta-da!):
Does anyone know if it is possible and, if so, how to do it, to install
Outlook Express and Address Book from Windows XP onto a Vista System?
If we can do that, we will only have 100 other bad things about Vista
to fix!!
(Msg. 6) Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 2:32 pm
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"jhhorwitz" <guest.DeleteThis@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> I guess my real question is (ta-da!):
>
> Does anyone know if it is possible and, if so, how to do it, to install
> Outlook Express and Address Book from Windows XP onto a Vista System?
>
> If we can do that, we will only have 100 other bad things about Vista
> to fix!!
You can't.
--
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
Do not reply with email
(Msg. 7) Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 4:59 pm
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No, you can't install OE on Vista.
You can import OE's address book into Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail.
"jhhorwitz" <guest RemoveThis @unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> I guess my real question is (ta-da!):
>
> Does anyone know if it is possible and, if so, how to do it, to install
> Outlook Express and Address Book from Windows XP onto a Vista System?
>
> If we can do that, we will only have 100 other bad things about Vista
> to fix!!
>
>
> JERRY
>
>
> --
> jhhorwitz
(Msg. 8) Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 4:59 pm
Post subject: Re: Contacts use when addressing a Mail message [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
DAVE,
Thanks. I figured that was probably the case. Actually, it's address
book I would like to install, but Vista insists on converting it to
contacts and that one-name, one-file format is the cause of the drag on
Mail's performance when opening a compose window or checking partial
addresses to complete them from the database.
Microsoft took a perfectly adequate mail application (OE) and ruined it
in Vista!
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