Mailing list groups in Windows 10 Mail

Anonymous
2015-08-05T01:18:34+00:00

I recently upgraded to Windows 10. I had been using Hotmail/outlook.com for my email. After the upgrade, I found my contacts but all of my mailing lists were gone. I checked the People app, but there was nothing there to help me create groups.

Is there a way to recover or create mailing lists now that I have upgraded?

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Please see the marked Answers below for a workaround and also Feedback posted by a MS engineer to the Feedback hub which you can click on to Upvote and add your comments of support. In order to get this needed feature added we need to create momentum and you can help in this way!  But Microsoft will not even see this here because it is mostly staffed by volunteers who give our time to help others.

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Anonymous
2016-07-06T22:10:21+00:00

There is NO option to create groups but there is a work around, using the Mail and People app together.

To create the group:  In Mail, create New Mail, open the cc/bcc field and insert all the addresses for the particular group.

When completed (with the mouse pointer at the end), right click and select 'select all'.  For some reason you can't right click and select copy but you can copy with ctrl+c. Now, open the People app, create new contact, give the group a name and paste the copied names into an email field, I use the 'Other' option and click the SAVE button.

To use the group: Mail app - New mail, click bcc field or whatever, open the People app, snap it left or right, find your group name, click on it, on the right hand side you will see all your group addresses, right click and copy, go back to mail, right click and paste.

I don't know the limitations of this (and there probably is).  None of my groups have more than 10 names in them.

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Anonymous
2018-08-08T22:48:37+00:00

Hi everyone,

I am a Microsoft support engineer and I want to gather more feedback from you in regards to the issue that users cannot send emails to multiple contacts in People App, so I can drive a feature request with Windows engineering group.

                I have submitted a Feedback Hub post with the issue description here: https://aka.ms/AA21cea.

                If you could upvote the issue and leave a detailed comment about your frustration with the absence of this feature, that would help me make a strong business case for the request.

Thank you very much and please comment below if you have any more questions!

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  1. Greg Carmack 24,780 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2018-12-07T16:09:38+00:00

    So I'd use Yahoo Mail to send Mail to your groups. As I have written throughout this thread, Windows 10 Mail app is only a sync service and not your actual Mail account which is the online Yahoo Mail.  For issues with Spam and Group Mail you'll need to use the Yahoo account online until engineers find a way to do this in the Mail app itself.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-12-07T15:30:19+00:00

    Carol,

    I have been chasing this problem for many months using this forum and the Feedback Hub. Here's what I posted on the Feedback Hub a few minutes ago:

    "Microsoft, you're too late. I've downloaded Mailbird (about $50 for life!), which links  (& syncs) to my google.com contacts. I now use that app to handle all my email and it allows me to easily create and manage folders, groups and anything else I need. Shame on you, Microsoft. If more people voted with their feet, maybe you'd do something about a shortcoming you've known about for years."

    Jeff

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-12-07T15:16:23+00:00

    I have clicked on your link twice with two different engineers, and got lost in the process of where to go next.

    ”upvote”  where?

    So I repeat myself again.

    I need to make a group list easily so that when I send out my email letter I can type the name of the group, and the addresses (all 20) pop up.

    I am very frustrated with this. Plus confused as my other laptop with Windows 10 and Yahoo mail work so much easier.  I select all the names i need and assign them to a named list. Easy!

    Carol Turner

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