Q&A for How to Add Someone to Your Hotmail Contact List

No, they will not be notified that they've been added to your contact list.

Set up a "white" list. All of your primary contacts, such as family and friends, will be in this list. All the rest can be sent to trash automatically, if necessary, or marked as read without actually having read them.

Open your web browser and log in to Hotmail. Click on the 'Contacts' tab. Click the pull-down menu beside the 'New' button (circled). Click on 'Group'. In the modified window, enter the Group name.

Click "New". Look at the upper left of the screen where it says the word "Outlook". There is a down arrow next to that. A new page opens with a bunch of categories. Another new page opens. Now a page (within the page) opens that says "Add new contact." Type in your contact's information.