Problem importing contacts

[Peter in New Zealand]

Been using the WM that came with Vista for a few weeks, basically without
any major issues. Just downloaded WLM beta and tried to import my contacts
from the old WM contacts folder. Seems to go OK, but out of a total of 85
contacts it imports 49 and stops, announcing cheerfully that it imported
them OK. Tried several times with the same result. Also, how do I add an
image to a contact record? The place for it is there, but I can't see how to
add it. Thanks.

 

[Mac]

Not sure why your contacts didn't import - but contacts set their own image,
not you...

 

[Peter in New Zealand]

Ah ha! Now I'm starting to see how WLM is really intended to ease people
into on line web based services. Well, not this fella. Thanks for
helping to clarify that for me. In a rural area with a sometimes flakey
connection I just can't afford to stuff around with email that requires
me to be able to connect every time.

Peter

Not sure why your contacts didn't import - but contacts set their own
image, not you...

 

[Mac]

You only need to connect when you want to send or recieve. WLM beta is a
desktop product that syncs with online mail services like Live Hotmail

Ah ha! Now I'm starting to see how WLM is really intended to ease people
into on line web based services. Well, not this fella. Thanks for helping
to clarify that for me. In a rural area with a sometimes flakey connection
I just can't afford to stuff around with email that requires me to be able
to connect every time.

Peter

 

[Peter in New Zealand]

You only need to connect when you want to send or recieve. WLM beta is a
desktop product that syncs with online mail services like Live Hotmail

Yes, I understand that, but to be honest I'm loosing confidence in the
Windows (Live) Mail clients. Until it all settles down and one seems to
come out on top and becomes the defacto standard I'll go with
Thunderbird. Thank you for your comments - they have been of value to me
and assisted me to reach a decision.