You can also have it the other way round, though: beginning a message with its recipients from the Hotmail address book.
To compose a message to a Hotmail address book entry:
- Select Contacts from the top Hotmail navigation bar.
- Make sure the boxes next to the desired recipient or recipients of your message are checked.
- Click the Send Mail button.
Hotmail now sets up a new message with the recipients already entered in the To: field.

