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Miles  
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 More options Aug 11 2012, 12:42 pm
Newsgroups: mozilla.support.thunderbird
From: Miles <milesc...@REMOVEMEpacbell.net>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:42:47 +0700
Local: Sat, Aug 11 2012 12:42 pm
Subject: Re: how to select groups in contacts
* Eckard wrote, On 11-Aug-12 17:45:

> Le 11/08/12 09:06, Miles a écrit :
>> * Steve wrote, On 29-Jun-12 01:38:
>>> On 28/06/2012 2:34 AM, Miles wrote:
>>>> Recently changed from pop to imap and att/yahoo to google & TB 11 to
>>>> 12 to 13.  When sending a msg the contacts side bar is open to the
>>>> google account.  All contacts are seen plus the groups it contains.

>>>> However, I cannot open a single group to send msgs to that group or to
>>>> select contacts from that smaller list.  It is possible to right on a
>>>> group name and choose properties which opens a small window with the
>>>> list of contacts included in that group, but cannot find a method to
>>>> select from within that list and send to those selected, whether it be
>>>> one or several contacts.

>>>> Has there been a change in TB or could it be due to change to Google
>>>> or imap or ???
>>>> Miles

>>> If by 'group' you mean a TB mailing list, there is an add-on that allows
>>> you to expand the list into individual contacts so that some can be
>>> deleted:

>>> ADDEXPANDEDLIST

>>> http://nic-nac-project.org/~kaosmos/index-en.html#explist

>> Thanks, Steve, but it's of no value for me.  All are in one long list on
>> one line and need to scroll back to the beginning to edit -- which can
>> be a very time consuming project.

> If I got it right, you want to send a message to a selected group of
> contacts from a list.
> This is possible with the AddExpandedList add-on:

> In the "Write" window display the Contacts Sidebar.
> Right-click on your list and choose "Load list in the panel" in the
> context menu, your list will be displayed in alphabetical order in the
> sidebar.
> Holding the Ctrl key, select the contacts to receive the message, then
> choose Add to To (or Add to Cc, etc).

> Or, if it's a long list, first select *all* contacts in the list, then
> *unselect* the few contacts *not* to receive the message, choose Add to
> To (or Add to Cc, etc)

> See my screen shot
> <http://s1090.photobucket.com/albums/i374/Berberich/?action=view&curre...>

Thank you, don't know why I couldn't make it work before, but it now
does -- much the same way as TB did a few months ago.
Miles

 
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