BUG FIX: Contact Manager can again import Outlook Express contact books

Published March 14, 2007

We have fixed a problem of importing Microsoft Outlook Express contact book into Contact Manager.

Contact Manager allows you to import your Outlook Express contacts from a file saved in a CSV format – in this format contact details are separated by a delimiter character (comma, semicolon, tab, etc.). Following is the sample of a CSV file with comma-character field separator:

 CSV file with comma-character separator

Outlook Express creates a CSV file from its contact book, which is recognized by Contact Manager during import operation; i.e. field names and delimiters are saved in the corresponding template:

 Outlook Express CSV file is recognized by Contact Manager

Contact Manager was designed to recognize an Outlook Express CSV file where fields were separated by semicolon. Thus, if an imported CSV file contained comma, the operation would result in the error.

We have replaced semicolon by comma as the recognized delimiter, which supports import of CSV files created in current versions of Outlook Express.

If you still experience a problem with importing your Outlook Express book into Contact Manager, feel free to contact WebAsyst technical support.