On the right-hand side of your topic, under 'See also', there is a link to 'How to create and use mailing lists on Thunderbird'.

Hello sfhowes, Thank you very much for your reply. I followed the directions - but ran into an immediate roadblock. The directions were below. Create a mailing list

   Open the Address Book.
   Select File > New > Mailing List.
   Enter a suitable name for the mailing list.

   At this point you have two options:

I clicked on "File", then On "New", but there was no "Mailing List" listed in the drop down menu. This seem to always happen that the simple directions lack something I am supposed to find. What do you recommend ? Thank you in advance.

The support article hasn't been updated for TB 102. In Address Book, click New List, as shown in the attached picture.

Ok, Thanks. I will now go back and try to builld the list. In Live Mail I was able to drag and drop email addresses from my main address book into another while keeping the email in the main AB. Then, I could send out group emails using the name of the secondary list all at once. Two questions then, before I begin. 1. Can I just drag and drop addresses from the main AB into the secondary without losing the address from the Main AB ? 2. Will I be able to just select the secondary AB and tell the email to send to ALL in the list, or will I still need to drag them individually into the email from the secondary list ? Thanks again.

Select an address book in the left pane, then select contacts in the right pane and drag them over to the left pane and drop them on the list icon (in the left pane). This copies the contacts to the list, leaving the address book unchanged.

In a Write window, start typing the list name in the To box and autocomplete will add it, or select the list in the Contacts sidebar and click Add to To or Cc or Bcc at the bottom of the sidebar.

Thanks Again. I will work with the information you have given me and get back with you.

Hello sfhowes Again, I found that I was Not Able to Drag and Drop the names or even select them per se for whatever reason. What I WAS ABLE to do was 1. Go to the Address Book Icon on the far left of the TB Screen and select it. Note : When I Clicked On the Little Address Book Icon Underneath the Envelop Icon that Looked Like a Picture of a Little Person, the Screen Changed Into Two Columns. The FIRST Column on the Left Listed "All Address Books," then, "Personal Address Book" Under that, "Email Contacts" Under that, and "Collected Addresses" Under that. The SECOND Column Contained a List of All The Names In My "All Address Books" List. 2. To Actually Select Some of Those Addresses For My New List I Put my mouse over an address, Pressed the Control Key and Held It Down, and Clicked my Left Button to Select the Name. (Without Holding the Control Key Down Nothing Happened.) Note : The first name clicked didn't seem to do anything as far as beginning the creation of a list is concerned, but when I clicked on the Second Name with the Control Button Pressed and Clicking the Left Mouse Button, as the Mouse was Pointing to the Second Name, it Changed the Appearance and Created a THIRD Column Across the Page From Left to Right - at which time the TWO Names Appeared with the Second Address Listed Under the First in that Third Column. 3. I Continued Selecting the Additional Names From My "All Address Books" List, Until I had Filled the List that I wanted for my NEW LIST. Note : At the Top Of the THIRD Column there was Three Different Options that could be selected. ONE of those Options was a "NEW LIST" Option. 4. AFTER Selecting All the Names I wanted For my New List, I Clicked On the "New List" Option at the Top of the Third Column, and It Opened a Drop Down Menu, which Gave Me the Option of Typing a "List Name" for my New List, which I Did and Hit the "OK" Option. 5. After Hitting the OK Option in the Drop Down Menu, the Third Column Disappeared and The Name of My New List Appeared Under the "Personal Address Book" Listing in the FIRST Column with the Selected Names Appearing Alone in a New Second Column. Note : I was Then Able to Go Back to the Small "Envelope" Icon on the Far Left, Click On It, and Then Click On the "Write" Option and Proceed to Select My NEW LIST From a Drop Down Menu Under The Address Books Options & "Personal Address Book" Option THAT I HAVE VISIBLY LISTED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF MY EMAIL WINDOW By Holding my Mouse Pointer Over The Name of My NEW LIST Under My Personal Address Book List and Holding My Left Button On My Mouse Down to Drag and Drop that Whole List to the "TO" Section On My Email. That Automatically Sends My Email to The ENTIRE NEW LIST of People in a Bulk Email Fashion. Thank You Very Much For Your Input. I hope this Explanation will help anyone else with the problem that I had.