Windows 7 - Outlook Express in Vista?

Asked By Rodan

28-Nov-08 10:49 PM

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.

28-Nov-08 11:00 PM

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

28-Nov-08 11:10 PM

(sent/cross-posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail)

28-Nov-08 11:11 PM

Did you try making a folder inside the contacts folder?
As for another e-mail program you can use Mozilla Thunderbird
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.

Jimmy


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jp07764

29-Nov-08 10:07 AM

windows mail is already outdated and is being actually dropped by
microsoft..

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/download-windows-live-wave3-software/4575/

go there and download it, note that this is a suite with many parts, you can
uncheck the ones you don't want.
Create a free live account (if you don't have one or a hotmail account)  and
you will see that it has a much better contacts functionality

29-Nov-08 03:18 PM

YUCK!

ss.

29-Nov-08 03:21 PM

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.

29-Nov-08 05:01 PM

SUPER YUCK!!!!

I use it too but its one of the worse user unfriendly applications out
there!!


plus it is a hog of an email client, big fat slow and unstable!

29-Nov-08 08:32 PM

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Just more proof that you have no idea what you are doing concerning
computers.

29-Nov-08 10:28 PM

computers.

just more proof that you are reflecting again.. LOL

29-Nov-08 10:42 PM

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Don't quit that help desk job mr google jockey as that is proly the best
job you will ever have!...LOL!