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Office 365 (Thunderbird) - Managing a Personal Group
Creating a Group is a convenient way to email a specific set of people
Important: The contacts you manage within Thunderbird are not saved to your Office 365 account. They can only be used within Thunderbird. Plus, any contacts you have created using a client that is connected via Exchange/Active Sync (Outlook | Apple Mail | Outlook Web App) cannot be accessed via Thunderbird.
Note In Thunderbird, Groups are called Lists.
- Open Thunderbird
- Click on Address Book
- Select New List from the top bar
- Enter a name for your list in the List Name box (Family, Friends, CoWorkers, People who like cute cat pictures etc)
- In the lines at the bottom of the List box, write names of current contacts or emails of people you want on your list
- When you have finished entering all the contacts and/or emails on to the list, click OK
- Open Thunderbird
- Select Write
- In the To field, begin typing the name of the list you want to email
- When you see Thunderbird automatically populate the field with the name of the list, hit the Return key
- Compose your email
- Select Send
- Open Thunderbird
- Click on Address Book
- Find your list in your address book or use the search feature to locate it
- Highlight your list
- Double-click on Properties
- Add contacts, remove contacts, or rename your list
- When you are done, select OK
- Open Thunderbird
- Click on Address Book
- Find your list in your address book or use the search feature to locate it
- Highlight your list
- Click on Delete
- Confirm you want to delete your mailing list by clicking OK