# Sort contacts and manage multiple messages

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/sort-contacts-and-manage-multiple-messages/4756>\
**Category:** Feature Proposal\
**Created:** [February 15, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/sort-contacts-and-manage-multiple-messages/4756 "2026-02-15T17:19:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![FrankLanger](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/franklanger/32/1005_2.png) [@FrankLanger](https://forum.delta.chat/u/FrankLanger)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/sort-contacts-and-manage-multiple-messages/4756/1 "2026-02-15T17:19:58Z")

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After the removal of broadcast lists, the following functions are missing:

- You can no longer **sort contacts**.  
(e.g., colleagues, archers, relatives, friends)
- You can no longer create **and manage** one-to-many messages.  
(e.g., The last one locks the vehicles)

**Who needs this:**  
Anyone in a leadership position who needs to distribute information or instructions.  
For example, fire departments, companies,  
or the recipients must be changed frequently,  
for example driving schools,  
or users with a very large number of contacts…

**Why not a group:**

- If one person is responsible for ensuring everyone is reached,  
no one else should be able to change the recipients.  
e.g., fire department
- For sensitive information, no third party should be able to add another recipient.

**Why not a channel:**

- You can’t manage recipients in a channel.
- Not practical with constantly changing recipients.

**Programming**  
To keep the identities separate, the forwarding function should be used in the background.

## Expected behavior

1. I want to be able to **sort my contacts**.
2. I want to be able to create **and manage** one-to-many messages.

## Actual behavior

Both are not possible.

## Example Images

I’ve been thinking about how the layout could be improved to make it possible:

The icons used are open source from LibreOffice, see: [click!](https://extensions.libreoffice.org/en/extensions/show/symbols-gallery)  
Let’s get started:

 ![DC1-en](https://support.delta.chat/uploads/default/original/2X/d/db3f5091470be8850b5798701fac3d6aea25fe2b.png)

 ![DC2-en](https://support.delta.chat/uploads/default/original/2X/f/fb40280222b72f859dfb980e3a9af362ee75b307.png)

 ![DC3-en](https://support.delta.chat/uploads/default/original/2X/8/86b379e3478c613ed5e995cd69c18c6ecf940710.png)

 ![DC4-en](https://support.delta.chat/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9f2103534be1add35c8d37eb9939cc226c89fefc.png)

 ![DC5-en](https://support.delta.chat/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4d6cf3d91c7abd3a762bbd0e841dff00c142a52c.png)

 ![DC6-en](https://support.delta.chat/uploads/default/original/2X/3/386d4a5763191d9f8662c3e8081fa2280c74a14e.png)

 ![DC7-en](https://support.delta.chat/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5d02026b3ccababba23583afad375ef61b41acd7.png)

Original from the German forum, see: [click!](https://support.delta.chat/t/broadcast-funktioniert-nach-update-nicht-mehr/3694/12)

Thank you,  
Frank Langer