live mail contacts import

How does one import contacts (such as from Outlook Express) into Live Mail?

First of all, you would have export the Address Book as a "Text File (Comma Separated Values)" - File > Export > Address Book > Save the file to a desired location where you'll be able to find it, either to desktop, diskette (you are gonna need to copy it over to Vista). Choose the Fields you wish to Export: > Close the dialog.
Put the file on a Diskette, burn to CD-R or CD-RW or copy to the Vista partition if you have Vista and XP setup in a dual boot configuration.
In Vista:
Click Start > type in "Contacts" > press enter > on the toolbar, clikc "Import" > select CSV (Comma Separated Values) > next > browse to the location where the file is stored Diskette, CD-R or CD-RW or copy to the Vista partition > select the file > click Open > Next -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"DearbornMarc" wrote in message

How does one import contacts (such as from Outlook Express) into Live Mail?

Oops, I noticed you just referred to Live Mail, the CSV file should still work for Live Mail though, I did it with hotmail. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"DearbornMarc" wrote in message

How does one import contacts (such as from Outlook Express) into Live Mail?

Can't be done at the moment - but it's something that'll be considered to be integrated by M7/M8 (next few months).
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--: Original message follows :-- "DearbornMarc" wrote in message

How does one import contacts (such as from Outlook Express) into Live Mail?

Hmmm. I seem to be in the wrong area. I am using Windows XP and beta testing Live Mail on that. I have done searches for Live Mail but can't find anything for it on XP.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

First of all, you would have export the Address Book as a "Text File (Comma Separated Values)" - File > Export > Address Book > Save the file to a desired location where you'll be able to find it, either to desktop, diskette (you are gonna need to copy it over to Vista). Choose the Fields you wish to Export: > Close the dialog.
Put the file on a Diskette, burn to CD-R or CD-RW or copy to the Vista partition if you have Vista and XP setup in a dual boot configuration.
In Vista:
Click Start > type in "Contacts" > press enter > on the toolbar, clikc "Import" > select CSV (Comma Separated Values) > next > browse to the location where the file is stored Diskette, CD-R or CD-RW or copy to the Vista partition > select the file > click Open > Next -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"DearbornMarc" wrote in message How does one import contacts (such as from Outlook Express) into Live Mail?

Live Mail (Beta) is quite different than "Windows Live Mail Desktop (Beta)" so you need to indicate which program you are really using. Additionally in the Vista operating system, the mail client is also called "Windows Mail" which further adds to the confusion. Live Mail (Beta) will only use contacts that you already have listed in your Passport identification that you use to log on. "Windows Live Mail Desktop (Beta)" automatically imports all the contacts in your Windows Address Book when it's installed. "Windows Mail" in Vista has a similar capability.
Confused enough, yet? -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.

"DearbornMarc" wrote in message

Hmmm. I seem to be in the wrong area. I am using Windows XP and beta testing Live Mail on that. I have done searches for Live Mail but can't find anything for it on XP.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
First of all, you would have export the Address Book as a "Text File (Comma Separated Values)" - File > Export > Address Book > Save the file to a desired location where you'll be able to find it, either to desktop, diskette (you are gonna need to copy it over to Vista). Choose the Fields you wish to Export: > Close the dialog.
Put the file on a Diskette, burn to CD-R or CD-RW or copy to the Vista partition if you have Vista and XP setup in a dual boot configuration.
In Vista:
Click Start > type in "Contacts" > press enter > on the toolbar, clikc "Import" > select CSV (Comma Separated Values) > next > browse to the location where the file is stored Diskette, CD-R or CD-RW or copy to the Vista partition > select the file > click Open > Next -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"DearbornMarc" wrote in message How does one import contacts (such as from Outlook Express) into Live Mail?

Yes, I'm confused. But that's all right! This makes sense now. Thank you for taking the time to explain. Marc
"Jim Pickering" wrote:

Live Mail (Beta) is quite different than "Windows Live Mail Desktop (Beta)" so you need to indicate which program you are really using. Additionally in the Vista operating system, the mail client is also called "Windows Mail" which further adds to the confusion. Live Mail (Beta) will only use contacts that you already have listed in your Passport identification that you use to log on. "Windows Live Mail Desktop (Beta)" automatically imports all the contacts in your Windows Address Book when it's installed. "Windows Mail" in Vista has a similar capability.
Confused enough, yet? -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.

"DearbornMarc" wrote in message Hmmm. I seem to be in the wrong area. I am using Windows XP and beta testing Live Mail on that. I have done searches for Live Mail but can't find anything for it on XP.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
First of all, you would have export the Address Book as a "Text File (Comma Separated Values)" - File > Export > Address Book > Save the file to a desired location where you'll be able to find it, either to desktop, diskette (you are gonna need to copy it over to Vista). Choose the Fields you wish to Export: > Close the dialog.
Put the file on a Diskette, burn to CD-R or CD-RW or copy to the Vista partition if you have Vista and XP setup in a dual boot configuration.
In Vista:
Click Start > type in "Contacts" > press enter > on the toolbar, clikc "Import" > select CSV (Comma Separated Values) > next > browse to the location where the file is stored Diskette, CD-R or CD-RW or copy to the Vista partition > select the file > click Open > Next -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"DearbornMarc" wrote in message How does one import contacts (such as from Outlook Express) into Live Mail?

Windows Live Mail - web based email client, will replace Hotmail. Windows Live Mail Desktop - the software based client which integrates XP Outlook Express, and Hotmail together into a desktop product.
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "DearbornMarc" wrote in message

Yes, I'm confused. But that's all right! This makes sense now. Thank you for taking the time to explain. Marc
"Jim Pickering" wrote:
Live Mail (Beta) is quite different than "Windows Live Mail Desktop (Beta)" so you need to indicate which program you are really using. Additionally in the Vista operating system, the mail client is also called "Windows Mail" which further adds to the confusion. Live Mail (Beta) will only use contacts that you already have listed in your Passport identification that you use to log on. "Windows Live Mail Desktop (Beta)" automatically imports all the contacts in your Windows Address Book when it's installed. "Windows Mail" in Vista has a similar capability.
Confused enough, yet? -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.

"DearbornMarc" wrote in message Hmmm. I seem to be in the wrong area. I am using Windows XP and beta testing Live Mail on that. I have done searches for Live Mail but can't find anything for it on XP.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
First of all, you would have export the Address Book as a "Text File (Comma Separated Values)" - File > Export > Address Book > Save the file to a desired location where you'll be able to find it, either to desktop, diskette (you are gonna need to copy it over to Vista). Choose the Fields you wish to Export: > Close the dialog.
Put the file on a Diskette, burn to CD-R or CD-RW or copy to the Vista partition if you have Vista and XP setup in a dual boot configuration.
In Vista:
Click Start > type in "Contacts" > press enter > on the toolbar, clikc "Import" > select CSV (Comma Separated Values) > next > browse to the location where the file is stored Diskette, CD-R or CD-RW or copy to the Vista partition > select the file > click Open > Next -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"DearbornMarc" wrote in message How does one import contacts (such as from Outlook Express) into Live Mail?

"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

Windows Live Mail - web based email client, will replace Hotmail. Windows Live Mail Desktop - the software based client which integrates XP Outlook Express, and Hotmail together into a desktop product.

I don't have Windows Live Mail Desktop, but I imagine it uses the Windows mail storage format or at least something different from the OE message format. I sure hope so.
-- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM Please reply in newsgroup.

Yeh it does :o)
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--: Original message follows :-- "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM" wrote in message

"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message Windows Live Mail - web based email client, will replace Hotmail. Windows Live Mail Desktop - the software based client which integrates XP Outlook Express, and Hotmail together into a desktop product.
I don't have Windows Live Mail Desktop, but I imagine it uses the Windows mail storage format or at least something different from the OE message format. I sure hope so.
-- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM Please reply in newsgroup.

I know that OE used the .dbx file format, I know Windows Mail has a new Mail Store, I don't if WLMD is compatible with that. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

Yeh it does :o)
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM" wrote in message "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message Windows Live Mail - web based email client, will replace Hotmail. Windows Live Mail Desktop - the software based client which integrates XP Outlook Express, and Hotmail together into a desktop product.
I don't have Windows Live Mail Desktop, but I imagine it uses the Windows mail storage format or at least something different from the OE message format. I sure hope so.
-- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM Please reply in newsgroup.

The WLMDb takes the messages from the existing store, processes it though the application so that existing messages/newsgroup entries are stored in WLMDb, then placed into a new store - it's basically from one folder to another, but it's just a folder thats all :o)
OE 6+ - C:\Users\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook Express WLMD - C:\Users\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

I know that OE used the .dbx file format, I know Windows Mail has a new Mail Store, I don't if WLMD is compatible with that. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message Yeh it does :o)
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM" wrote in message "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message Windows Live Mail - web based email client, will replace Hotmail. Windows Live Mail Desktop - the software based client which integrates XP Outlook Express, and Hotmail together into a desktop product.
I don't have Windows Live Mail Desktop, but I imagine it uses the Windows mail storage format or at least something different from the OE message format. I sure hope so.
-- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM Please reply in newsgroup.

I am using windows live mail desktop beta on windowsXP.
Like a few others I am a little confused about the OE address book and wlmd contacts.
1. I read that when programme is set up it will automatically import a OE address book. NOT TRUE for me.
2. I read that I have to export the OE address book to a text file and then import into wlmd. CANNOT.
Under 2. I am sorry I do not understand the concept of a text file "Comma Separated Values". Also you can only import messages and accounts!!
Associated problem. If I receive mail and I go to add address to contact I get message "you have to log in using another account". Does this mean that if you are logged in with your principle mail account and you receive mail under a second account you have to relog in using the second mail account??? If this is the case it is retrograde to OE - shame.
Thanks.
"Zack Whittaker" wrote:

Can't be done at the moment - but it's something that'll be considered to be integrated by M7/M8 (next few months).
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "DearbornMarc" wrote in message How does one import contacts (such as from Outlook Express) into Live Mail?

"Kevin Brady" wrote in message

If I receive mail and I go to add address to contact I get message "you have to log in using another account". Does this mean that if you are logged in with your principle mail account and you receive mail under a second account you have to relog in using the second mail account???

WLMD contacts are shared with messenger (or the other way around). I suppose it means u have to login with the default WLMD account on messenger to change contacts.

"sim.seb" wrote in message

default WLMD account

I meant primary WLMD account.