ECLiPSE 2002 wrote:

Thanks for the response, Bruce. What I was hoping for was a
permanently appearing contacts list similar to the one that displays
in the OE main window. Guess I will be content with the alternate
method via the To: button pop up contacts listing.

So why not use the Contacts list in the navigation pane in OE? You can
select one or multiple contacts (using Ctrl+mouse or Shift+mouse just
like in Windows Explorer to select multiple files) and the right-click
to select Send E-mail to all those selected contacts.

Obviously the Contacts list in the nav pane (if selected to include in
the layout to show contacts) is only usable BEFORE you open the new-mail
compose window. After opening the new-mail compose window, how are you
going to select [more] contacts? You've already opened the new-mail
compose window. Selecting entries in the Contacts pane uses them in the
Send E-mail right-click selection that opens the new-mail compose window
AFTER you've already selected those contacts.

In either case, you get the same contacts list whether you use the
Contacts pane to select contacts BEFORE you open the new-mail compose
window or use the To button to see the same list of contacts AFTER you
open the new-mail compose window.