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
    2018-10-01T16:18:40+00:00

    Jane, I couldn't agree more.

    There are dozens of these issues which rankle consumers that I've been trying to build momentum to get changed, but am told repeatedly that they need to be funneled via the Feedback Hub where they are prioritized based on consumer demand.  So while most avoid threads like this, I keep asking those affected by the issue to express your opinion in the Feedback Hub. 

    If you want to post back a Share link to your Feedback I will vote it up with my MVP badge and others here can also endorse and add to it.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-10-01T16:05:09+00:00

    I hear the same comments time after time. We have all been deprived of a simple thing to send to a named group.This has been going on for at least a year. SO annoying. This surely is not too difficult for Microsoft to work out. We deserve better the money we have put into Microsoft over the years. I have now bought Mailshot pro and send from my I pad.

          Jane Foster Sewing teacher. Ca

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  3. Greg Carmack 24,780 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2018-10-01T16:01:45+00:00

    Did you try the suggestion in the marked Answer at the top of the thread by RobWalz?

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