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Imported contacts have SMTP with the name of the addressee after the email address, and cant be sent.

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Mohoog
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I imported my contacts from Outlook, from a CSV file. In the email address section I get the name, sometimes with " and after the email address, I get SMTP and the email address again. Needless to say, it cannot be sent. Do I have to go through all my addresses and change each one, or is there a better way? Example: My email address appears like this: mohoog@sympatico.ca SMTP Hoogeveen, In some I get quotation marks here and there, or \ .

I imported my contacts from Outlook, from a CSV file. In the email address section I get the name, sometimes with " and after the email address, I get SMTP and the email address again. Needless to say, it cannot be sent. Do I have to go through all my addresses and change each one, or is there a better way? Example: My email address appears like this: mohoog@sympatico.ca SMTP Hoogeveen, In some I get quotation marks here and there, or \ .

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I would suggest editing the CSV file and importing again. Lots easier that using the address book to do it. Have a look here where I discuss editing CSV in a spreadsheet program.

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Matt
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I would suggest editing the CSV file and importing again. Lots easier that using the address book to do it. Have a look here where I discuss editing CSV in a spreadsheet program.

Mohoog
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Thank you! It took a while, but I finally got it right.