Lake Superior State University
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Creating Groups

  1. Click on the Address book icon from the main Mail window
  2. To create a group the individual in the group needs to be defined in My Address Book
  3. Create the names in My Address Book if is not already there:
    1. Enter the individual names (by clicking on the Add button)
    2. Select names from the Faculty/Staff Directory (from clicking the Browse button - upper left) and copy to My Address book by checking the box next to the appropriate name(s) and then select My Address book from the drop-down menu directly above the listing of names.  Click on Copy (to the left of the drop-down box).
  4. You should see a yellow strip running across the screen right below the Browse/Add/Search... buttons saying "Successfully added <userid> to My Address book"  for each individual selected.
  5. Below this yellow bar, change the drop-down menu box to 'My Address book'.  You should see the names you added to 'My Address book'.
  6. Select the individuals to be in the group by placing a checkmark in the box next to the corresponding name.
  7. From the 'Select List' drop-down menu, select 'New List' and click on 'Add to'  (found next to the 'Select List' drop-down box).
  8. A small box in the upper left-hand corner will pop up.  Enter the name of the list/group you would like to create.
  9. Give the computer a minute, and your new list/group name will appear amidst the other names in 'My Address book'.  Note that there is a two-headed icon to the left of the new list/group you just created!  It signifies that the name is a group.

 

    

 

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