Computer users these days may change email accounts several times within their computer-usage life. I think I’ve changed email accounts 5 times in the past 3 years. It can be a pain in the butt to import your contact list from one provider to another…unless you know how. Some internet providers can import your contacts directly from your old account. If you provide the username & password from your old email account. Following these simple steps should simplify things for you.
– Open your new email account. Click on the ‘Contacts’ section. Look for ‘Import Contacts’ (or something similar).
– In Gmail, it’s slightly different: Click on the ‘sprocket’ icon in the top right corner. Click ‘Mail Settings’, then click ‘Accounts And Import’.
If your new account doesn’t import contact directly, you can still transfer your contacts yourself.
– Copy your contacts to a CSV (Comma Separated Values) file, using your old email account’s ‘Export’ tool. To do this, when you go to save, click ‘Save As’ and under the ‘Type of File’ drop-down menu, choose ‘CSV’. Save this file to your computer.
– Open your new email account. Use the ‘Import’ tool to copy the contacts out of the CSV file. This will not remove your contacts from your old email account, merely make a copy & place the copy into the new email account.
HINT: Don’t forget to email the contacts you don’t want to lose, from your old email address, and inform them of your new email address. Otherwise, your emails from your new email account may end up in their trash (depending on their privacy settings), and you’re stuck wondering why they aren’t answering your invite to the lan party Friday night.
Following these steps should keep your email running smoothly.
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