addressing mail

GMail doesn't have a drop-down 'address book' on
'contacts list' like
Yahoo!Mail or Hotmail etc. So you need to use a simple fix
to allow you
to do just that.

Open the links 'Contacts' and 'All Contacts'. Now
mouse-over your first
contact, and go to 'Contact details' and 'edit contact
information'.
Prefix the name with a symbol, say * or +, and save. Do this
for EACH
of your contacts. You may also use different symbols for
different
categories, e.g * for work-related contacts, + for  family,
~ for
friends, $ for bankers, etc.

Now, in any of the fields (To:, Cc:, Bcc if you
just enter that
particular symbol, you'll get the complete list of the
contacts
prefixed with that symbol, and you can choose whoever you
want. Voilá!
But it's NOT a very user-friendly way, I agree, but it's
the best under
the circumstances.

People say that all these are 'coz Google is in Beta. I'm
eagerly
awaiting the Google Gamma for many more profound
improvements ... like
the ability to choose my addressees as I think of them!
Maybe even to
write my mails for me. It mostly does everything else with
flair!
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