When I search for family names like "Smith", I only get some of the contacts.
I have about 25 contacts with the same last name, but only 10 will appear...
What is going on, how do I make it easier to send a group e-mail to family?

Thanks, Bebe... Outlook 2003

Sorry, but you've posted no information that would permit us to tell what is
going on. We aren't watching you and we can't read your mind. Post what you
are doing and what happens in clear, complete detail.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Bebe" wrote in message
...
When I search for family names like "Smith", I only get some of the
contacts.
I have about 25 contacts with the same last name, but only 10 will
appear...
What is going on, how do I make it easier to send a group e-mail to
family?

Thanks, Bebe... Outlook 2003

Hey Russ,

I thought it was clear, my mistake.
When I go into the Address Book, I search for keywords by using the "Find"
function.
The search results only bring up partial results.
My example was the name "Smith",
I'll get Bill Smith, Mary Smith, but I won't get Bob Smith or Joe Smith.
For what ever reason some are missed, the contacts are listed the same way
so I am confused as to why I get a partial listing.
I want to be able to send an e-mail to all of the "Smith's" in my contacts
but it seems I can only do this manually by clicking one at a time...
WHY WOULD SOME CONTACT NOT SHOW IN THE SEARCH???
Did that make more sense??? I am not sure how to explain this any better.
Thanks....

I don't understand why you would use the Address Book view for searching.
Outlook doesn't even have an address book. Searching is done in Contacts
Folders. That's where all your data resides.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Bebe" wrote in message
...
Hey Russ,

I thought it was clear, my mistake.
When I go into the Address Book, I search for keywords by using the "Find"
function.
The search results only bring up partial results.
My example was the name "Smith",
I'll get Bill Smith, Mary Smith, but I won't get Bob Smith or Joe Smith.
For what ever reason some are missed, the contacts are listed the same way
so I am confused as to why I get a partial listing.
I want to be able to send an e-mail to all of the "Smith's" in my contacts
but it seems I can only do this manually by clicking one at a time...
WHY WOULD SOME CONTACT NOT SHOW IN THE SEARCH???
Did that make more sense??? I am not sure how to explain this any better.
Thanks....

Russ,
It seems that you have a firmer understanding of the program than I do,
You also seem reluctant to answer the basic question at hand.
I may be doing it wrong but my search results are still partial results,
this indicates a problem.

I want to be able to send one e-mail to all of the "Smith's" in my contacts,
How do I do this???

Outlook does have an AddressBook, listed under Tools then AddressBook.
I use the Address Book because I can search and send a bulk e-mail to the
names within the results, when I use Contacts I can't seem to understand how
to send an e-mail with the searched names.

If you know a better way to get to my goal, I would love to hear it.
I will do it any way that works...

Bebe...

Bebe wrote:

Outlook does have an AddressBook, listed under Tools then AddressBook.

Actually, it's not a "real" address book. It's just a view of those of your
Contacts folders that have been enabled as address books. It contains no
data on its own.

I use the Address Book because I can search and send a bulk e-mail to
the names within the results, when I use Contacts I can't seem to
understand how to send an e-mail with the searched names.

One way is after locating the names in Contacts, selecting them all and
clicking ActionNew Message to Contact.
--
Brian Tillman

I suspect if you did your search of the actual data source (i.e., your
Contacts Folders) you'd be fine. The Address Book view was never intended
for that purpose and is not reliable.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Bebe" wrote in message
news
Russ,
It seems that you have a firmer understanding of the program than I do,
You also seem reluctant to answer the basic question at hand.
I may be doing it wrong but my search results are still partial results,
this indicates a problem.

I want to be able to send one e-mail to all of the "Smith's" in my
contacts,
How do I do this???

Outlook does have an AddressBook, listed under Tools then AddressBook.
I use the Address Book because I can search and send a bulk e-mail to the
names within the results, when I use Contacts I can't seem to understand
how
to send an e-mail with the searched names.

If you know a better way to get to my goal, I would love to hear it.
I will do it any way that works...

Bebe...