How to Create a Distribution List From Email

If you have to send emails to a number of recipients on a routine basis, it can be a chore to have to input every person's email address over and over again. However, this task can be eliminated simply by creating a group distribution list. The following instructions are for Outlook. However, most mail clients follow similar instructions for creating an email distribution lists.

Things You'll Need

• Contact list

Instructions

1. Access the email account where you wish to create the distribution list. Use the mouse to highlight the name(s) in the "To" and "CC" box. These names will be copied to the distribution list. To select multiple names, hold down the "SHIFT" button and highlight accordingly.

2. Click "EDIT" and "COPY".

3. Click "FILE", and then "NEW". Next, click "DISTRIBUTION LIST"

4. Type in the name you want for the group. A distribution list can be labeled anything from "My Staff" to "My Friends". Type the appropriate name into the "NAME" box.

5. Click "SELECT MEMBERS".

6. Click on "ADD TO DISTRIBUTION LIST". Next, right click "PASTE" or hold the "CTRL" and "V" button down at the same time.

7. Open a new email message. Click on "To". Choose your new distribution group. Compose and send an email.

Tips & Warnings

• These instructions are for Outlook. If Outlook is not your mail client, most mail clients follow similar instructions for creating email distribution lists.