How do I import addresses from hotmail.

coops

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Hi,

I'm not sure if this is a really basic question but I cannot work it out. I'm pretty new to Macs (and computers in general really) so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers..
 
this stumps me also, i think the key here is also importing contacts from MSN messenger. msn can export the contact list, but it's not a file format that mail will recognise.

any ideas anyone?
 
'How do I import addresses from hotmail.' - 'Hotmail' is a web based e-Mail service, not an application.

What application (and what is its version number) are you using to receive and view your 'Hotmail' e-Mail messages?
What application (and what is its version number) are you trying to import the e-Mail addresses to?

Also, providing the specific 'System' or 'MacOS X' version, would be nice.
 
barhar, that was quite irritable...

with Hotmail, i would assume you are using it web-based. the question he asked was simply 'is there a way?'.

we are here to help, not to make someone feel unnecessarily stupid :D
 
Lt. Major Burns, in response to 'barhar, that was quite irritable...' - my post was not intended to be received as such. Otherwise, I would not have asked the questions, that I did - in order to hopefully provide an accurate answer.

Nor, was is it stated in the original post ... 'is there a way?'. Explicitly stated was 'How do I import addresses from hotmail.'. As such, a process is being requested, not a 'yes' / 'no' question being asked. Thus, in order to present a possible process, further information would be required.

coops - I hope you obtain a solution.
 
Im trying to import the addresses using mac osx version 10.4.6 and the safari browser version 2.0.3.

I want to import them to the mail app version 2.0.7.
 
as far as i know, there is no way to do it, because hotmail is web based. in fact i have never been able to get my contacts from any of my web based accounts. but...it is not impossible, and there is a round about way to get them, and it will only work IF you have saved all your emails. set the http mail Mail plugin to download and keep all your hotmail emails. then when it connects, it will download them all. now when you open each of the emails, click on the names of the sender/reciever and tell it to add to your contacts (address book). this a very long time consuming way, but as of right now, its the only way i know of.
 
I haven't been to Hotmail since 1997. However see in Hotmail if there is an ability to export the contacts as Vcards.
 
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