Outlook New, how to create Contact List from Recipient List?

Some of the people who respond to questions on answers.microsoft.com don't realize that they don't have a basic understanding of Microsoft Application Concepts.

This is the best answer:

1. Right click on a recipient in the message header in the Reading Pane.
2. From the context menu that pops-up, choose; Select All
3. Now that all the recipients are highlighted, press CTRL+C to copy them or right click on the selected addresses and choose Copy.
4. Open your Contact Group or create a new one via;
   • Simplified Ribbon in Mail Navigation
     Dropdown arrow next to New Email-> More Items-> Contact Group
   • Simplified Ribbon in People Navigation
     Dropdown arrow next to New Contact-> Contact Group
   • Classic Ribbon
     New Items-> More Items-> Contact Group
   • Keyboard Shortcut
     CTRL+SHIFT+L
5. Press the “Add Members” button and select “From Address Book”.
6. Place your cursor in the field next to the “Members” button.
7. Press CTRL+V to paste the copied addresses.
8. Press OK and the addresses will be added to the Contact Group.

This answer was posted and confirmed to be working (I confirmed it) from the link below:

Creating a Distribution List from email recipients - MSOutlook.info

No, that is not the question I asked. In fact, this is the exact same text that another user posted elsewhere, which I know was a ChatGPT AI user. ChatGPT useless AI is alive and well.

A human would have actually read the part where I said I have 500 addresses, and known that I cannot edit that one at a time. This was very rude of someone to post this trash, I should have expected as much on Microsoft trash website.

Can a human help me please with this? I am helping someone else with this, thanks!

That's a terrible answer. Having to add to a list one by one is bullsh*t.

Thank you very much for your answer. Step 6 is exactly what I was missing.

Open Outlook and navigate to your Sent Items folder. Open the email you sent to the 500 recipients. Click on the line in the header that shows "To" or "Cc" to expand the full list of recipients. Highlight all the addresses, right-click, and select "Copy".

Step 2: Clean Up the Email List in Excel Open Microsoft Excel and start a new spreadsheet. Paste the copied addresses into the first column (A). Use the Text to Columns feature under the Data tab: Select column A. Go to the Data tab and click on Text to Columns. Choose Delimited > Click Next. Select the delimiter that separates the names from the emails (commonly a semicolon ; or comma ,). Click Next. Click Finish. Delete any columns containing names or unnecessary information, leaving only the column with email addresses.

Step 3: Save the Clean Email List as a CSV File Review your list to ensure only email addresses are present. Click File > Save As. Choose where you want to save the file. In the Save as type dropdown menu, select CSV (Comma delimited) (*.csv). Click Save.

Step 4: Import the CSV File into Outlook Contacts Return to Outlook. Go to File > Open & Export > Import/Export. Select Import from another program or file and click Next. Choose Comma Separated Values and click Next. Browse to find your CSV file and select how you want to handle duplicates. Choose the destination for imported contacts, typically the Contacts folder, and click Next. Confirm the file to import and complete the import wizard.

Step 5: Create a New Contact Group in Outlook Go to the People tab (or Contacts). Click New Contact Group. Enter a name for the group in the Name field.

Step 6: Add Imported Contacts to the Contact Group With the Contact Group open, click Add Members > From Outlook Contacts. Use the dialog box to select the imported contacts. You can use the Shift or Ctrl keys to select multiple contacts at once. Click Members -> OK to add them to the contact group. After adding all the contacts, click Save & Close in the Contact Group window.

Step 7: Using Your Contact Group Whenever you want to email the group, start a new email and type the name of the contact group in the To field. Outlook will auto-populate the field with the group, allowing you to send an email to all members at once.