Exporting addresses onto email server (Free.fr)

[Dave Neve]

Hi

I can't seem to export my addresses from Outlook to my email server
(Free.fr)

From Outlook, I select 'export to a file', but I can't see the format that
Free.fr talk about (CSV)

Trying it in the reverse direction (asking the mail server to import) ,
there is an Outllook option but I can't locate my address book in my
computer.

I wonder if this is because I use 'contacts' and not the address book in
Outlook (seem to remember that this is an issue with Outlook)

For the moment, I am looking for some general pointers to export addresses
as I realize that most of you don't use a Free.fr.

Thanks

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

If the free.fr server is asking for the Personal Address book, it needs to
get with the times and accept the contacts folder for import, not the PAB...
but since I never heard of free.fr before today, I am only guessing. Are you
sure it's trying to import the outlook address book and not the windows
address book (WAB)?

Does the server accept any other file formats?

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[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

What formats do you see when you export to a file?

 

[Dave Neve]

Hi

Well as I tried to say, one of the problems is that when I try to export I
copy my contacts from Outlook to my desktop in a .pst format but this
doesn't seem to work on the server.

On the server side, there is a question or a box to tick if the file is in
..csv format.

There is also an option for Outlook but this doesn't seem to work either.

Sorry that I can't be more precise.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

If the server requires a .csv format, why are you exporting to a .pst file?
You need to choose the "comma-separated" format when exporting to a file
from Outlook.

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[Dave Neve]

Hi

Thanks. I have now managed to do this but the result on the server was not a
pretty sight and I needed to do a lot of editing.

I chose .pst at one point cos there was an Outlook option on the server end
but....

Thanks for all the help