Import gmail contacts into live mail

Live mail can import contacts using a csv file.

Gmail export contacts into csv file.

It should be easy to import contacts from gmail to live mail...

Not really, but with some tweaks you can get it...

I use live mail 2008 (Build 12.0.1606) and with this version the file imported must be a semicolon separted values (SSV!!).

Start choosing contacts in gmail

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Choose Export and filter as you like.

Choose Outlook's csv.

Save the file somewhere. (if you use ie in windows vista, like me,  and aren't asked where to save the file search the file in temporary internet files).

Open the file with your preferred editor. Replace commas with semicolon.

In live mail goto Tols->contacts ...

File->Import and choose comma separted values.

The import should terminate without problems.