Subj : Re: W 10 mail contacts import
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From : [email protected]
Date : Mon Jan 02 2017 05:17 pm

From: Dave Doe <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: W 10 mail contacts import

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected], Jim S says...
>
> On Mon, 2 Jan 2017 02:41:12 -0700, ...winston wrote:
>
> > "Jim S"  wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> >> I would have liked to reply to Michael, but my (dialog) newsreader
> >> deletes sigs.
> >> I would have said Live Mail is no better than Outlook 2010: is it?
> >
> > Outlook 2010 is much better than WLM.
> >
> > Fyi...to import contacts into the Win10 for use in the Win10 Mail app you'l
l need to have at least one syncable email address
> > account setup that uses the People app since the People app(the app that ma
nages contacts) only works with online accounts, unlike
> > the Mail app which supports POP3, IMAP, EAS, and Exchange account protocols
.
> >
> > Contacts can  be added to the Win10 People app by:
> > a. adding a syncable account(s) - e.g. Outlook/Live/Hotmail/MSn.com or Offi
ce365 or Exchange, Google/Gmail, Yahoo, or iCloud.
> > b. importing contacts from csv via the web UI People app for the respective
Microsoft account
> > c. manually adding contacts(one at a time) in the Win10 People app.
> >
> > More info here:
> > <http://www.howtogeek.com/235421/how-to-add-contacts-from-gmail-outlook-and
-more-to-windows-10s-address-book/>
>
> Thnks.
> I have a couple of outlook/hotmail addresses that I only use for access to
> W10 and have no desire to inform/confuse 1000 people that I have a new
> address.
> However pretty W10 Mail looks on my desktop, it's nevr going to import
> those folders of addresses by the method from that link as 'People' app is
> not the solution for desktop.
> I guess I'll have to stick with Outlook 2010 and do my serious emailing
> from the desktop with Gmail and Email from my android for one-off mails.
> Thanks to folk who tried to help.

You can do all that in Outlook too - multiple accounts that is.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Outlook 2010 is the last
(oldest) version of Outlook that works in Windows 10 - earlier versions
do not.

--
Duncan.

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