How to export a Hotmail address book to a Microsoft Outlook Express address book (883771)

INTRODUCTION

To export an MSN Hotmail address book to a Microsoft Outlook Express address book, you must configure Outlook Express to use your Hotmail e-mail account. If you have not configured Outlook Express to use your Hotmail e-mail account, view the information that is in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

220852 How to configure Outlook Express to use a Hotmail account

After you have configured Outlook Express to use your Hotmail e-mail account, follow these steps to share an Outlook Express address book with your Hotmail account address book:

Log on to your Hotmail e-mail account, and then verify the contacts that are in the address book.
Start Outlook Express
On the Tools menu, click Address Book.
On the main toolbar of the Address Book display, click Synchronize Now on the Tools menu.

The address book entries from your Hotmail account will be downloaded to your Outlook Express address book. In the future, repeat these steps to keep both the Outlook Express address book and the Hotmail account address book up to date.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about Outlook Express and Hotmail, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

222984 Known issues with Hotmail

For additional information about the about differences between Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

257824 Differences between Outlook and Outlook Express