Windows live mail automatically add contacts

This article explains how to add contacts to your Windows Mail address book automatically just by replying to someone's email message.

To have people to whom you reply added to your Windows Mail Contact list automatically, access the People app, where Windows Mail stores all its contact information.

Open Windows Mail and select the Switch to People icon to open the People app on the lower-left side of the window next to the Switch to Mail and Switch to Calendar icons.

Select the Settings gear icon. Under Contact List Display , slide the toggle for Automatically add contacts that you have communicated with recently to On. Choose the sort orders by which you want to sort your contact list and display names.

Select Filter Contact List to apply any filters, such as hiding contacts without phone numbers or showing contacts from Skype. Close People when you finish. Note that recipients are not added to your contacts when you start a new message and address it manually. The original senders are turned into address book contacts only when you reply.

If you want to add a contact without sending or replying to an email, you can do so through the People app. In the New Live Contact section, enter the information for the contact and select Save. Windows 10 ships with Windows Mail, but it might not be your default email program. To change the default to Windows Mail:. Search for default apps in the Windows search bar. Click Open under the Default apps system setting item in the search results. Click the current program under the Email section.

Select Mail. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. When you open a new message in Mail for Windows 10, start typing a contact's name or email address and Mail for Windows 10 will search the People app and display a list of suggestions for you to choose from. If the program can't find the right person, you can choose Search Directory.

If you add an Outlook. If you know the contact's name or email address, you can start typing the first few letters of their name or email address and Mail for Windows 10 will suggest matching contacts. Note: You can't remove contacts from the list of suggested contacts.

Choose a contact to add their email address to the To line of your email. If no match is found or the suggestions don't include the address you need, choose Search Directory. In the lower left corner of Windows 10, choose the Start button. Begin typing People , and in the left pane, when Windows suggests the People app, choose the app to open it. Note: The contact name you choose must have a valid email address.

When you are prompted to choose an email app, click Mail. If it applies, check the Always use this app box. Also remember that many contacts come into the address book due to synchronization of social network accounts. So, you have to be precautious on that end as well. When you are on the Send tab you may want to toggle other options as well. They are related to sending messages and are self explanatory, right?

Now, there could be circumstances when you would like to add a contact to the address book when you receive a message. These two address book tips for WLM will help you stay organized with the contacts list and at the same time will ensure that you have only those contacts in the list that you wish to. What do you think? Will you still have it enabled? If you are aware about any trick to selectively synchronize contacts from social network s then share it with us. It may help people further in making their contacts list even cleaner.

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