When sending the same email to a large number of people, it can be time-consuming to have to type out individual email addresses or select them each in turn from the address book. To make things easier, it is possible to create a mailing list by adding contacts to groups. An email can then be sent out to everyone that has been added to a particular group by simply selecting the group name as the intended recipient.

Click the Address tool bar button and then click New followed by New Group. Enter a suitable name (such as 'friends' or 'family') and then click the Select Members button. While holding down the Ctrl key, click each of the contacts that should be included in the group and click Select followed by OK. Click OK to save the group and compose a new message. Click the To button and select the newly created group. Now click To, followed by OK before continuing with the message.

The process is similar in Vista's Windows Mail - click Tools then Windows Contacts and then click the New Contact Group button. Enter a name and click Add to Contact Group to add an existing contact to the group, or Create New Contact to add a new one.


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