How to add "cc" addresses to contacts from received emails

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How to add "cc" addresses to contacts from received emails

My wife had a group of 40+ women in a email list and wants to create a "group" for these women in her contacts. All the email addresses are in the "cc" field of the emails she receives. It would seem a simple matter to move these 40 addresses from the "cc" field of the email to a "group" in contacts.... but it's not.

I've tried dragging to group to contacts, highlighting the "cc" group and right clicking for an "add to contacts" option, looking in the "messages" drop down menu, etc. No luck.

Has anyone cracked this conundrum?

Thanks.

iMac, macOS Sierra (10.12)

Posted on Jul 27, 2017 9:50 AM

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Answer 1

Tahoe4me Author

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Aug 6, 2017 8:00 PM in response to dianeoforegon

Thanks for the reply. I was looking for a way to do this seemingly simple task all at once instead of the laborious one at a time method. Judging from the responses, Apple has not seen fit to make this as simple and intuitive as we had all hoped!

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Answer 2

Aug 6, 2017 5:43 PM in response to Tahoe4me

If you select each name, you should see a down arrow at the end. Click on this to add each to contacts. Once the contacts are added you can add to a group.

Hover over items in Mail to get these popup options.

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Answer 3

Aug 6, 2017 5:52 PM in response to Tahoe4me

Pain in the butt but Dianne is right.

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Answer 4

tygb

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Aug 6, 2017 6:10 PM in response to Tahoe4me

Open mail , right click on mail address and add to contacts .

Again open address book via spotlight , take cursor on top menu bar > file > click on new group from selection .

An untitled folder will be created , drag and drop the desired email list on to the untitled folder , if there are many select them ( command + A ) , copy ( command + C ) , and click on untilled folder ( paste them command + V ) .

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