How do you import contacts into Windows 10 Mail from Thunderbird?

Caledon Ken said:

Which app are you using for mail?

Trying to use Windows 10 Mail.

@ HippsieGypsie, @ Helmut & @ Caledon Ken:

I got good news for me and for all of you who have been investing so much of your time and effort trying to help me. I solved the problem. HippsieGypsie, what you suggested in your last post still didn't work for some weird reason. However, I figured out a work-around. If you add the contacts one by one in People, then it works like it should - i.e. in Mail when I start typing the name of one of my contacts into the "To:" field, the contacts with that letter pop-up. YAY - at last! :)

I have 74 contacts so not an outrageous number of contacts to enter.

Thank you to all for your help and a special thank you to HippsieGypsie for all the hours spent in helping me and all the information - I really appreciate it.

CWGilley said:

Glad you got it worked out.

Razz said:

Trying to use Windows 10 Mail.

@ HippsieGypsie, @ Helmut & @ Caledon Ken:

I got good news for me and for all of you who have been investing so much of your time and effort trying to help me. I solved the problem. HippsieGypsie, what you suggested in your last post still didn't work for some weird reason. However, I figured out a work-around. If you add the contacts one by one in People, then it works like it should - i.e. in Mail when I start typing the name of one of my contacts into the "To:" field, the contacts with that letter pop-up. YAY - at last! :)

I have 74 contacts so not an outrageous number of contacts to enter.

Thank you to all for your help and a special thank you to HippsieGypsie for all the hours spent in helping me and all the information - I really appreciate it.

You're quite welcome. Glad to be of help, Razz. :) I learned a lot along the way.

So you're saying that you're adding and filling out all the fields for each contact individually?

I'm glad you worked it out that way, but disappointed it didn't install them as they should.

HippsieGypsie said:

So you're saying that you're adding and filling out all the fields for each contact individually?
I'm glad you worked it out that way, but disappointed it didn't install them as they should.

Yes, typing them into People contacts one by one. A lot of clicks on "+" and "Save"

I sure am glad it seems to work now. I like the idea of using the integrated Mail app.

I must say it is very weird that Microsoft hasn't got something as common place as an email client down pat. You would think with the number of years email has been around that they would have had lots of practice to get a completely flawless email client.

Thanks again HippsieGypsie for all your help.

Helmut said:

MS has lost sight of what matters, the basics working correctly.

I agree with you 100% Helmut - "basics working correctly" should always be the primary goal.

Razz said:

Yes, typing them into People contacts one by one. A lot of clicks on "+" and "Save"

I sure am glad it seems to work now. I like the idea of using the integrated Mail app.

I must say it is very weird that Microsoft hasn't got something as common place as an email client down pat. You would think with the number of years email has been around that they would have had lots of practice to get a completely flawless email client.

Thanks again HippsieGypsie for all your help.

Well, like I said, I took you down the wrong path. Still not sure if importing the Tbird .csv file into Outlook.com via the Live Mail portal was the correct thing to do.

Glad you're enjoying the app. Good luck and take care, Razz. :)

HippsieGypsie said:

Glad you're enjoying the app. Good luck and take care, Razz. :)

You take care too HippsieGypsie. I feel we've become friends during this app adventure :)

Razz said:

You take care too HippsieGypsie. I feel we've become friends during this app adventure :)

Me too.

Thanks to everyone who wrote on this before me. I got ideas from them, and it helped me find that I think is a simple way to import Thunderbird contacts into Windows10 Mail. (Note that I'm using the latest version of Win10 in July 2019.)

1. Export the Thunderbird contacts as a .csv file to your computer.

2. Open Gmail. (If you are not using a Gmail account with Win10 Mail, open one. You can easily delete it later.)

3. In your Gmail account's online dashboard click on "help" and type in "import contacts." It will explain the simple steps to import the .csv file you saved from Thunderbird.

4.Once the contacts are in your Gmail account, go to Win10 Mail and click on Mange Accounts. Highlight your gmail account name. In the next menu click on "options for syncing your content." In the next menu click on "sync contacts and calendars". Click on "every 15 mins."

5. Back out out of that screen and go to the contacts icon on Windows10 Mail. You new contacts, email addresses, etc. should be there, if not right away, soon.

PS After decades of using email programs that work on WinX I have not found one that's foolproof. I would pay $$ for a simple, shock-proof email program. I hope this version of Mail is better. (I just moved from Win7 & Thunderbird to Win10.)