Please help! I’m trying to export my address book from Yahoo to Roadrunner . And I’m just about done in! Please help me. As you can tell, I’m truly a non-computer person.
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Yahoo’s Address Book
I have to admit, Yahoo’s address book isn’t exactly the most user-friendly address book on the Web. For one, it’s hard to find. For example, when signed into Yahoo Mail, you will see two tabs: Home and Contacts. You’d think that Contacts would have an Import/Export feature, wouldn’t you? It doesn’t; it has an Import Contacts feature under Options but not an Export Contacts feature. Instead, you need to access the Yahoo Address Book.
Click on the Options link in the upper left corner (it’s right next to Help). Choose Mail Options. This takes you to a new screen where you’ll see a pane of choices on the left side. Click Contacts. A new window opens and you are officially in the Yahoo Address Book! Under Management, click Import/Export.
Scroll down to the Export section. Choose Microsoft Outlook CSV and click Export Now. CSV, which means Comma Separated Values, is one of the more universal formats. Save the file to your hard drive by click Save when prompted and giving the file a unique name. Give it a name and save it in a folder that you will remember such as “EmailContactList2009″ in the My Documents folder. Close Yahoo and head over to Roadrunner.
Importing Yahoo Contacts into Roadrunner
Roadrunner.com offers both Web-based e-mail as well as POP3 access (for receiving your messages through a desktop client such as Outlook Express). Once signed into Roadrunner, click the orange Mail button followed by the Address Book button which is located in the big blue bar. Click the white Import button (beneath the blue bar). A new screen appears. Choose MS Outlook CSV and browse to your previously saved folder. In this example, you’d browse to My Documents and select the file named “EmailContactlist2009.”
Importing Yahoo Contacts into POP3 Client
If you want to use Outlook Express or Windows Live Mail to send and receive your Roadrunner mail, you can also import your address list into the client software. Let’s use Windows Live Mail as an example since this is the latest version of Outlook Express. The steps are similar for Outlook Express. Open Windows Live Mail and click the Address Book icon. Now click File > Import > Comma Separated Values (CSV). Browse to your saved e-mail address list, select Open, and click Next. You will need to pick and choose the fields that you want to import from a list. Click Finish. Windows Live Mail will then import the list.
