Step 2: Setup your Mailing list in MS Word Go to Mailing tab>Start Mail Merge > E-mail messages.Type the body of your email in Microsoft Word that you want to send to your recipients.This method relies highly on Microsoft Word so make sure you have the latest version of it. This method is longer than the professional one thus, it eats a lot of time. The traditional method for creating a mail merge in Outlook is done with 2 tools, Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Word. Limitations of mail merge from outlook Traditional method