Each Windows Live Hotmail group collects the email addresses of all the members and works as a mailing list by making it easy to send a message to the whole group.
Create a Mailing List with Windows Live Hotmail
To set up a group of recipients in Windows Live Hotmail:
- Select Contacts from Windows Live Hotmail's left-hand navigation bar.
- Click on the down arrow of the New button.
- Select Group....
- Type the desired group name.
- This name acts as a nickname when addressing messages.
- The nickname must be unique in your address book (a group cannot have the same name as another group or another address book entry's nickname).
- Press Enter.
- Drag and drop existing contacts from All contacts to the new group to add them.
- You can also go to the group and select New | Contact... to add a new member.
Send an Email to Your Windows Live Hotmail Group
Now you're ready to send a message to the group.
Bigger Lists
As your group grows, it gets unwieldy in Windows Live Hotmail. For mailing groups exceeding, say, 25 members, you can try a group mailing service instead.
