Subj : Re: W 10 mail contacts import To : All From : Hard@work.ok Date : Mon Jan 02 2017 17:17:00 From: Dave Doe Subject: Re: W 10 mail contacts import In article , jim@jimXscott.co.uk, Jim S says... > > On Mon, 2 Jan 2017 02:41:12 -0700, ...winston wrote: > > > "Jim S" wrote in message news:n3l17nnsw1oc.knlp1mic4err$.dlg@40tude.net... > >> 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: > > > > 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. --- ViaMAIL!/WC v2.00 * Origin: ViaMAIL! - Lightning Fast Mailer for Wildcat! (1:261/20) .