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Send and Receive Contact Groups in Outlook Web App [OWA]. The best way to email a group of people at the same time is to put their email addresses in a distribution list [ group ]. If other people use the same distribution list, you may share your distribution list so that they do not have to reinvent the wheel. 1. Select Contacts from Navigation pane. 2. In the Show, select the radio button for Groups , and from the list of Groups select the distribution list that you want to send. 3. Right mouse click the selection and select Forward as Attachment. 4. In the opened email message type the email address of each recipient, fill up the subject line, and click the Send button. The person who receives the Contact group should follow the following procedure to save the Contact group .
Send and Receive Contact Groups in Outlook Web App [OWA] The best way to email a group of people at the same time is to put their email addresses in a distribution list [group].
Here you will learn to set up a Contact Group [local distribution list] where you can manage your own list of members. 1. Within Mail, select the People icon within the
bottom-left corner. 2. Within the top-left hand corner, an option labelled New contact will be displayed. Select the dropdown labelled Create new contact, contact list or group beside new contact and then select New contact list. 3. Add the required name within for your new contact list within the Contact list name field. To add members to the list, enter
their name or email address within the Add email addresses field and select the correct individual from the provided search list. 4. Select Create to add the contact list.Before you start...
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This article will review the different ways you can share your contacts or contact list in the desktop/client version of Outlook.2017
Sharing Contacts or a Contact List in Outlook [Email]
Note: You can only share contacts through the desktop/client version of Outlook. You are unable to see any contacts that are shared with you in the online version of Outlook available through Office 365.
Sharing your Contacts Folder
This option allows you to share your entire Contacts folder for other users to view.
1. | Open Outlook from your desktop or laptop computer. | |
2. | Locate and click the People icon in the lower left-hand corner. |
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3. | Locate the Share box located in the Navigation Pane at the top of your screen and click the Share Contacts icon. | |
4. | A new email message window will open. Enter the email address of the person in which you want to share your contacts folder with. You will see two options listed below the email message information:
Since you are sharing your Contacts folder, the option is defaulted to Allow recipient to view your Contacts folder. Click Send when you are finished. |
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5. | The recipient will receive an email with an attachment to open your Contacts folder. The Contacts will populate under the Shared Contacts folder. |
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Sharing a Contact List or a Single Contact
This option allows you to share a single contact or a contact list that you have created.
1. | Open Outlook from your desktop or laptop computer. | |
2. | Locate and click the People icon in the lower left-hand corner. |
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3. | Click the contact or contact list that you want to share. | |
4. | Click the Forward Contact icon in the Share box in the Navigation Pane at the top of your screen until a drop down menu appears. Click As an Outlook Contact. | |
5. | A new email message will open. Enter the recipient information and a brief message. You will see the contact or contact list attached to the email. When you are finished click Send. |
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6. | The recipient will receive the message with the attached contact or contact list instructing them to download or open the attachment. Once downloaded, the contact or contact list will appear in the Shared Contacts folder. |
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