That's exactly what Categories was design for. You can then use the By Category view of your Contacts folder, select all the names in one category and choose Actions | New Mail to Contact.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
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"I live in Outlook" I live in wrote in message ...
I have a number of contacts each with an email address. I would like to tag a
contact into different but potentially overlapping groups. This would allow
me to email a group based on different criteria. For Example your sibling may
belong to multimple groups. Friends(All), Friends(Toronto), Family.
I am constantly creating dirstribution lists and it's time consuming.