email group list

[conradx]

Hi, I have a new Compaq with win 7 -64 and I am trying to use win live mail. I have my old O E list of 0ver 400 names. They were broken down into sub lists of 40 or more names each one being a differant club. Now, when I try to send out an email and want to send to 40 or more people with BCC mailing I get my whole list of names and have to pick out the 40 or more that I need. This is not pleasant and I am looking for a solution. I am considering going from winlive mail to gmail, and that would be OK with me. I may do that anyway. Any ideas ?
Thanks
Conrad

 

[richc46]

Welcome Conrad,

Try this Windows live mail>contacts>file>add a catagory. Is that what you need?

 

[conradx]

Maybe, I'll give it another try. I think I went that route but may have goofed.
I'll get back to you.
Conrad

 

[conradx]

Hi Richard, Well that does not work. There is no group to highlite or move to the BCC line. All I get is my complete name list of hundreds of names all mixed up. I wish to see the groups I had with OE.
What email program are you using ? I think I am going to have to switch.......
Conrad

 

[richc46]

Conradx, I am using WLM, just as you. I do not use that feature, but I thought that it would work. I will return if I can find a way to work with my mail.

 

[richc46]

I tried it with Windows Live Mail and it works. I went to contacts, made a list friends. Then I went to the email in BCC, I typed f and the friends list was entered. We must be miscommunicating. Do it again, this time give me step by step what you are doing.

Good Luck.

 

[conradx]

Well my friend, first of all let me thank you for helping me. I am having no luck. It may be because a friend of mine copied my OE to a external HD using a format other than csv. Then, I am afraid that I know just enough to be dangerious to myself. I am not that well versed at this.
So I am exporting my OE list off of my old machine with XP to gmail using CSV. Then when I go to my new one and go to gmail the list is there. Gmail seems to be quite a email program and once I learn it, I think it will work out, what do you think? Maybe I could be doing the same with WLM. Conrad in Orange County CA.

 

[richc46]

Well my friend, first of all let me thank you for helping me. I am having no luck. It may be because a friend of mine copied my OE to a external HD using a format other than csv. Then, I am afraid that I know just enough to be dangerious to myself. I am not that well versed at this.
So I am exporting my OE list off of my old machine with XP to gmail using CSV. Then when I go to my new one and go to gmail the list is there. Gmail seems to be quite a email program and once I learn it, I think it will work out, what do you think? Maybe I could be doing the same with WLM. Conrad in Orange County CA.

Since, I know what I suggested does in fact work; I did it just to be sure, there has to be a specific cause for the problem. I think that it is your friend copying, using other than csv. Other poster have experienced problems just with the transfer, with the correct format.

I will try to research a bit more, and see if I can come up with a solution that takes into account your special situation.