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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
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type="topic" id="contacts-using-contact-lists">
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<info>
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<link type="guide" xref="contacts-organizing" />
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<revision pkgversion="2.32.1" version="0.2" date="2011-07-28" status="final"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name>
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<email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email>
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</credit>
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<credit type="author">
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<name its:translate="no">Novell, Inc</name>
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<!-- Content partially from
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https://help.gnome.org/users/evolution/2.32/usage-contact-organize.html.en#usage-contact-organize-group-list
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-->
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</credit>
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<desc>Using contact lists for grouping contacts.</desc>
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</info>
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<title>Using Contact Lists</title>
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<p>A contact list is a set of contacts with a single nickname that you
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create. When you send mail to this nickname it is actually sent to every
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member of the list. This differs from a "real" mailing list in that it exists
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only on your computer as a convenience to you, rather than as an actual email
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address managed by a mailing list application on a server.</p>
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<p>For example, you could create one contact for each family member, then add
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those contacts to a contact list called "Family". Then, instead of entering
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each person's email address individually, you can send emails to "Family" and
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the messages would go to all of them.</p>
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<section id="create-contact-list">
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<title>Creating a contact list</title>
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<steps>
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<item>
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<p>Click <guiseq><gui>File</gui><gui>New</gui>
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<gui>Contact List</gui></guiseq>.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Enter a name that you prefer.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Select the address book under <gui>Where:</gui> to which it will be
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added.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Specify the list members by either entering the names or email
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addresses of contacts (the text field supports autocompletion), or by
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dragging contacts from the Contacts window into the list, or by using the
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<gui style="button">Select…</gui> button.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Choose whether you want to hide the email addresses when you send a
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message to the list.</p><p>Unless it is a very small list, it is
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recommended that you leave the addresses hidden. This is the same thing
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as using the “Bcc:” feature discussed in
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<link xref="mail-composer-several-recipients">Sending a message to
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several recipients</link>.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Click <gui style="button">OK</gui>.</p>
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</item>
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</steps>
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<p>The contact list will be added to the chosen address book in
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<app>Evolution</app>.</p>
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</section>
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<section id="send-to-contact-list">
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<title>Sending messages to a contact list</title>
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<p>To send a message to the contact list, enter the name that you chose for
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the contact list as the recipient in the mail composer. You can also
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right-click the contact list in your address book and select
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<gui>Send Message to List</gui>.</p>
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</section>
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</page>
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