GMail Address Book

How do I Export Addresses from my Outlook Express contacts?

You can import address books from Outlook Express into your Google Mail account.

First, you will need to format your contacts as a CSV file.

From Outlook Express: Open the Address Book
o Select File > Export > from the main menu.
o Select Other Address Book and then Text File (Comma Separated Values).

Browse location to Save File and Name it. Good temporary location is on the Desktop

Select the fields for Display Name and EMail Address
o Click Export.

To import contacts to Google Mail:

1. Create a custom CSV file or export the address book from your other webmail provider or email client as a CSV file. (as per instructions above)
2. Log in to your Google Mail account.
3. Click Contacts on the left side of any Google Mail page.
4. Click Import.
5. Click Browse... and locate the CSV file that you would like to upload.
6. Select the file and click Import Contacts.
Once you have successfully uploaded the document, a dialogue box displays the number of new entries that were added to your Contacts list.
A few things to keep in mind:
· If some entries are not included in your Contacts list, Google Mail informs why these entries were left out.
· If you import information about a contact that matches the email address of an existing entry, only the most recently uploaded version of that entry remains in your Google Mail Contacts list.
· If you receive error messages when attempting to import your contacts, you may need to edit your CSV file.

Jeffrey Stenning September 2007