Chapter 6. MyContacts Application

Table of Contents

Introduction
Creating a New Contact
Creating a New Sharing List
Importing an Address Book

Introduction

The MyContacts application provides an interface for managing your Contact Lists. Here you can add new contacts or contact lists, edit and delete them. Moreover, you can import contacts from different sources.

Figure 6.1. MyContacts Application

MyContacts Application

Creating a New Contact

Click the New Contact button. An Add Contact dialog will appear. Enter a display name and email address for your new contact, then click the Save button to save your new contact.

Figure 6.2. Add Contact dialog

Add Contact dialog

Creating a New Sharing List

Click the New List button. A new window will appear. It is the same window described in Managing Sharing Lists elsewhere in this document.

Importing an Address Book

You can import your contacts from Mozilla/Netscape 7 or Outlook Express.

  • To import from Mozilla / Netscape 7. Launch Mozilla / Netscape 7 Address Book and select Export from the Tools menu. Save the address book to a local file.
  • To import from Outlook or Outlook Express, export your contacts as a .csv file. Launch Outlook or Outlook Express and select Export from the File menu. Save it to a local file.

Once you've exported your address book as a file, return to the MyContacts application. Then, click the Import button and a dialog will open. You will have an option to import from your Mozilla Contacts or from Outlook Express Contacts.