It seems Wind. Vista likes making it harder to use. I had used O xpress in Win XP. In my new laptop comp. it came with Vista and it's Windows Mail prog. It took away the contacts list in the "folders" section. Instead of clicking on a name, then typing a message, it now takes at least 3 steps to get a "contact..."

Yes, Windows Mail bites. They do not have Contacts in the Layout option.

It does fairly well, though, to auto-complete the email address if you start typing it in the To or CC or BCC field.