Contacts

Contacts provide a summary view of all contacts displaying the first name, last name, and default email address. You may also define groups that appear in the Contacts list. Selecting a contact or group allows you to either compose a new message or view the respective details.

Creating Contacts

There are a number of ways to create a new entry in your contacts list:

• When a message is displayed, click the Add Contact button in the upper right portion of the preview pane. This will create a new contact, populate it with the name, and email address of the message's sender.



• Select New Contact from the Contacts Menu in the Dock.
• In the Contacts window, click the New button. located on the lower left corner of the Window.

When you create a new contact, a panel with several sections appears. Fill in the information you wish to save for the contact.

Additional fields can be created for storing information beyond the default fields provided. For instance, fields for additional telephone numbers may be created. Click the + next to Phone. A new field under Phone is created with a blank label. Label as appropriate and enter your information. New fields may be created under any of the categories with the + icon. User created fields may be removed by clicking the - icon.

Click Save to save the information; click Close to dismiss the screen.

To close without saving the information you have just entered, click on the Cancel button in the lower right of the panel.

Organizing Contacts

You can choose to have your contacts listed alphabetically by first name, last name, or email address using the drop-down menu located underneath Search. Correspondingly, you can choose forward or reverse alphabetical order.

Deleting Contacts

Contacts can be deleted one by one or as a block. Select the contacts you wish to remove by clicking an individual contact, or holding the Shift key to select a range of contacts or the Ctrl/CMD key to select a number of individual contacts. Once selected, click the Delete button in the footer of the Contacts sidebar.

Creating Groups

Click the New Group icon in the footer of your contacts list and a panel will appear to allow you to populate with people from your address book or simply add an address manually. To add contacts to a group:

• Drag existing contacts into the group panel, or
• Begin typing the name or email address of the person you wish to add. If the person is in your address book the auto suggest feature will display any number of matches to select.

Importing Contacts

Webmail preview launch will let you import your contacts as a .csv file. It’s easy. First, you must export your contacts from your other email service and save it as a .csv file. Please refer to your email service’s help section for more instruction. Within the Contacts bar, click on the index card icon. Open the .csv file. Webmail preview launch will take care of the rest. When the import is completed, an alert will appear explaining how many contacts have been imported.

If a contact’s email address is not populated, it is an incomplete entry.