| -
| | In the contact list, click the mailing list to select it. | -
| | Click the New Message to Contact button on the main Outlook toolbar. | -
| | An Untitled Message window opens, featuring the group name in the To field. Type a subject for the message in the Subject field. | INTRODUCTION After you have set up a mailing list, creating e-mail messages to send to the group is a snap. You can do so from within the Contacts window (shown here) or from the Mail window. | TIP Sending from the Mail Window To send a message to a distribution list from within Outlook's Mail window, create the message and then click the To button. Select the mailing list from the contact list that appears, and then click To . Complete and send the e-mail message as normal. See Part 2 for more information about sending e-mail. | -
| | Click in the message area and type the contents of the message. | -
| | Click the Send button. Assuming you are online and have set up Outlook to automatically send your messages, the message will be sent. | TIP Adding More Names Suppose you plan to send a message to a group, but want to include a few additional recipients (without adding those recipients to the group itself). You can add other recipients to the To, Cc, or Bcc fields using the regular process: Display the Select Names dialog box, select a name, and click the appropriate button ( To, Cc , or Bcc ). | |