Windows mail add group

This description will be included in the welcome email when others join the group. Classification : Choose a classification. Options available depend on what your organization has set up. Privacy : By default, Groups are created as Private. This means only approved members in your organization can see what's inside the group. Anyone else in your organization who is not approved cannot see what's in the group.

Select Public to create a group where anyone within your organization can view its content and become a member. Select Private to create a group where membership requires approval and only members can view group content. Send all group conversations and events to members' inboxes Optionally, check this box to enable members to see all group conversations and events in their inbox without having to visit separate group workspaces.

Members can change this setting for their own mailboxes. Note: This feature is available to Office Insider participants with Microsoft subscription. If you are a Microsoft subscriber, make sure you have the latest version of Office. Don't see Group in your menu? Click Next. Type member email addresses or select members from the contact list to add to the group. You can add guests who are people outside your school or your organization to the group.

Note: If the instructions don't match what you see, you might be using an older version of Outlook on the web. Try the Instructions for classic Outlook on the web. In the left pane, under Groups , select New group or right-click Groups and select New group.

When you receive a message that includes a contact group that you want to use, you can save it to your Contacts. Share a contacts folder with others. Distribution lists are stored by default in your Contacts folder. If you use a Microsoft Exchange account, your Global Address List can contain global distribution lists, which are available to everyone who uses that network.

The personal distribution lists that you create in your Contacts folder are available only to you, but you can share them by sending them to others. How many names can I include in a distribution list? The maximum number of names that you can include in a distribution list depends on the size of the contact files for each contact themselves. There are no hard and fast rules but in general, a distribution list can contain between names and e-mail addresses.

A maximum number of e-mail addresses, with minimum contact file size, is approximately , and this can include other distribution lists. For more information see the Knowledge Base article on the maximum size for distribution lists. Create a distribution list by using names in the Address Book. On the File menu, point to New , and then click Distribution List.

In the Name box, type the name of your distribution list. For example, "Political Friends. In the Address Book drop-down list, click the address book that contains the e-mail addresses you want to include in your distribution list.

In the Search box, type a name that you want to include. When the name you're searching for appears in the list below, click it, and then click Members. Do this for each person whom you want to add to the distribution list, and then click OK. If you want to add a longer description of the distribution list, on the Distribution List tab, click Notes , and then type the text.

The distribution list is saved in your Contacts folder under the name that you give it. Create a distribution list by copying names from an e-mail message. In the message that you want to copy the names from, select the names in the To or Cc box.

At the bottom of the Select Members dialog box, in the Members box, right-click and then click Paste on the shortcut menu. But Microsoft has so far turned a deaf ear toward their pleas. However, one of those irritated Microsoft customers suggested a work around for the problem that will work in a pinch.

And, while it is not the most elegant of hacks, it is fairly simple to use once you get it set up. This tutorial shows you how to use a work around to set up mailing groups using the Mail and People apps of Microsoft Windows The first step is to assemble all of the email addresses of your group and the easiest way to do this is by starting a new email in the Mail app.

Just type the email addresses of your group into the To box--if they are common contacts, you can search for the addresses after the first few letters are typed. The results should look like Figure A. Now, start the People app and start a new contact.

The results should look like Figure B. Press the Save button to save the new contact. Now, the next time you start a new email in the Mail app you can address it to your group. This will open the group properties in a new window. Click the Add button in the Properties window.

This will allow you to add new users to this group in a new window. Enter a username in the "Enter the object names to select" box. Find the username of the user you want to add to this group, and enter it here. Click the Check Names button next to the text box.

This will find the specified username on your computer, and confirm the user's folder directory. Click the OK button. This will close the Select Users window. You will now see the newly-added user's username in the group properties window.

Click the Apply button. This will save and apply your group changes to your computer. Restart your computer. Restarting will apply and activate your new user and group settings.

Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. Submit a Tip All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published. You have to be logged in to an administrator account in order to change user and group settings.