Maybe vB 3.7 has already what you want out of the box.

really? where? i don't see that :-/ i see a contact list but u cant pm from it

Check the Quick Links > Open Contacts Popup in the navbar. ;)

oh i thought it was something new from 3.7

It is.

Oooooooh! Thanks so much! Was waiting to upgrade to 3.7 until it is our of RC status, but this makes it ooooh so tempting.

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I installed 3.7 on my test database. I do see the contact list pop-up, but nothing to create custom named "groups", like Outlook's Distribution List. Am I missing something?

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Hmmm my 3.6.8 has "Open Buddy List" in Quick Links and shows the same screen as the 3.7 Contact list.

thought i was the only one who noticed

You are correct, forgot about the Buddy List in 3.6.x.

Bringing this back to the top because my moderators asked for it again.

I like the Quick Links > Open Contacts as a workaround, but would MUCH prefer if members could create a personalized group without adding them as contacts/friends/buddies.

Thanks again.