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      10-31-2006
how can I transfer the contacts from Yahoo to Live?


 
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Jonathan Kay [MVP]
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      10-31-2006
Greetings,

You don't really transfer them per se. I believe you'll have to add each one manually
through Add Contacts in Messenger (the format is where username is the
Yahoo ID.

There is a way to export your Yahoo contacts to a CSV file but no specific way to get them
into the Messenger format. I actually wrote up an application to do this for Outlook about 3
years ago and it would be easy to modify for Yahoo. If you're interested (say if you have -a
lot- of Yahoo contacts), I'll do it.

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      10-31-2006
appreciate if you can do it because I like using WLM more than Yahoo
and I am sure many users have the same problem
thanks

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
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> Greetings,
>
> You don't really transfer them per se. I believe you'll have to add each one
> manually through Add Contacts in Messenger (the format is
> where username is the Yahoo ID.
>
> There is a way to export your Yahoo contacts to a CSV file but no specific way
> to get them into the Messenger format. I actually wrote up an application to
> do this for Outlook about 3 years ago and it would be easy to modify for
> Yahoo. If you're interested (say if you have -a lot- of Yahoo contacts), I'll
> do it.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
> "D@annyBoy" <origin @ld @nnyboy @ > wrote in message
> news:OYTmmaK$...
>> how can I transfer the contacts from Yahoo to Live?
>>

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Jonathan Kay [MVP]
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      10-31-2006
Hi,

Sure thing. I'll work on it when I have some downtime.

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Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
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"D@annyBoy" <origin @ld @nnyboy @ > wrote in message
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> appreciate if you can do it because I like using WLM more than Yahoo
> and I am sure many users have the same problem
> thanks
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:%23wEkujK$...
>> Greetings,
>>
>> You don't really transfer them per se. I believe you'll have to add each one manually
>> through Add Contacts in Messenger (the format is where username is the
>> Yahoo ID.
>>
>> There is a way to export your Yahoo contacts to a CSV file but no specific way to get them
>> into the Messenger format. I actually wrote up an application to do this for Outlook
>> about 3 years ago and it would be easy to modify for Yahoo. If you're interested (say if
>> you have -a lot- of Yahoo contacts), I'll do it.
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>> --
>>
>> "D@annyBoy" <origin @ld @nnyboy @ > wrote in message
>> news:OYTmmaK$...
>>> how can I transfer the contacts from Yahoo to Live?
>>>

>>
>>

>
>



 
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