OUTLOOK EXPRESS/HOTMAIL QUERY

[willow2]

Just had to reformat computer to get rid of sodding adware. How do I go about importing my contact list from Hotmail to Outlook Express (6? am running XP)

Thanks tech chums!

I can't find any way of doing it. Sorry.

Sorry Willow I dont think that you can do it from hotmail to outlook.

Email everyone in your hotmail address book asking them to email your usual email address and make sure OExpress is set to automatically add senders to your address book.

Or send an email to them all including yor own normal address, again making sure OExpress automatically adds them.

This is not ideal either as you'll need to edit each address when it arrives in OExpress but...

If you have MSN, you can add your hotmail addresses to your contacts list. Then you can save your contacts list as a file (from the "contacts" bit in the menu bar). Then from OExpress, choose Import, Other Address File, comma separated file. Browse for your contacts file (should be in My Documents I think). you are then given a mapping question and you have to map the field it gives you to "email address". Click OK to any messages about something not having an email address and it imports the rest BUT shoves in front of them all which you need to go through and take out.

There must be a better/proper way to do it!!