If you’re exporting a contacts list that you intend to import into the Outlook email program on your computer, click Export for Outlook 20. If you’re exporting a contacts list that you intend to import into another webmail account (for instance, if you’re moving to Gmail)or for Windows Live Mail, click Export for and other services.

In, go to People, then click Manage (at the top of the page). The process is similar across most webmail accounts, such as Gmail or. To import contacts, follow the same steps, but Import the file. Select Comma Separated Values (.CSV) and save the file. To export contacts manually from Windows Live Mail, for example, open the program, click Contacts, then Export. You then import this same file into a new email account to populate its Contacts list.

Your email account can do this for you quickly and easily. To copy your contacts from an email account, you need to create a simple file (a little bit like an Excel file) called a Comma Separated Value (CSV) file.