A contact list is a collection of email addresses and is useful for sending email to a group of people. If you want more robust functionality with your contact list, consider creating a Group in Outlook.

Training: Watch and learn how to create an email contact group in Outlook so you can email the group instead of sending individual emails.

You can add members when you first create a group or add them later. Watch a short video about creating a group to be used as a company email address. Note: The steps in this video are for new …

Use the People page in Outlook.com to view, create, and edit contacts and contact lists. Create new contacts from scratch, or add someone as a contact from an email message.

Share an Outlook mailing list, known as a contact group or distribution list, with other people by including it in the body of an email message.

Create and manage distribution groups shows the distribution groups that you're listed as an owner of. Use it to create new groups and manage existing groups that you own.

Use the People page to create, view, and edit contacts, contact lists, and groups. Create new contacts from scratch, or add someone as a contact from their profile card. You can create a simple contact …

Contact lists are sometimes referred to as distribution lists. For example, create a contact list named My Book Club and add all the members of your book club to it. When you want to send an email …

You can use a contact group to send an email message or meeting invitation to all the addresses at once. You can include contact groups in messages, task requests, meeting requests, and in other …

Under Options, choose whether to replace duplicates (existing contacts), create duplicate contacts, or not import duplicates. Click Next and choose the destination folder for your contacts.