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Contacts is usually used as a list of specific characteristics of users, such as names linked to emails, webpage, telephony number, etc.

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Chrome Contacts Search no longer working

I am no longer able to search for a contact using the contacts search bar, yet if I initiate a new email from Gmail, the auto-complete will complete the addressee search as always. I have Firefox ...
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Sync Active Directory Users to Outlook Contacts

how to update and sync everyone's outlook to read the contact details from Active Directory please note that we dont have Exchange Server, just need to update the Domain User's Outlook contacts from ...
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Synchronize contacts between local Outlook installation and Outlook.com / Microsoft Cloud

I have installed Outlook 365 locally and want to keep this local installation as the master. Further, I want all my contacts to be available in Outlook.com / Microsoft cloud in order to synchronize ...
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How do I configure Evolution to cache an online contacts/address book for faster and offline usage?

I use Evolution for my work email configured to use Exchange Web Services. There is an address/contact list that will show up sometimes when I am typing in the address recipient of my email. This is ...
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How to sync local Thunderbird contacts with CardDAV (eg. Gmail Contacts)?

I have discovered that Thunderbird has at least two types of address books for storing contacts: local address books: Collected Addresses, and Personal Address Book remote address books, eg. Gmail or ...
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Outlook and Office365 Webmail Showing the wrong name when searching for a contact in the "To..." field

I've got a weird issue for one of my users. It seems whenever he types a name in to the "To.." field of a new email, the search results shows the same repeated name for the list of suggested ...
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How to change Windows 7 Contacts folder default Folder View

I already knew that it is possible to change any other Windows 7 folder view by clicking on Tools > Folder Options... > View > Apply To Folders after setting my desired view type and adding ...
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How do I use contact lists on New Outlook on a Mac?

I'm using Outlook for Mac version 16.64 (22081401) on MacOS Monterey 12.5.1, with the New Outlook interface option (as opposed to Legacy). I'd like to be able to create and use contact lists, which ...
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CardDAV password not saved in Thunderbird, not connecting to remote address book

I am following the guide to connect Zoho Contacts CardDAV to Thunderbird 102.1.2 (64-bit) address book: https://help.zoho.com/portal/en/kb/zoho-contacts/articles/carddav-11-5-2021#CardDAV_for_Windows ...
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How to sync Thunderbird emails, folders, and contacts over two computers?

As far as I know, there is no native sync feature for the Mozilla Thunderbird email program. So what are some ways to achieve syncing emails, folder structure, and contacts between say a desktop ...
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How to setup a shared list of contacts in Office 365?

In Office 365, I would like to set a list of contacts as shared across a list of users (who all belong to the same organization via the Azure AD running Office 365). All users should have the ...
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HDD sata bad contact

i have upgraded my laptop with ssd and now i have old HDD. I've bought usb-sata adapter and connected it to my disk. System recognizes controller itself, but no disks are found in system. I tried to ...
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Transfer Outlook contacts with their custom fields

I need to transfer an Outlook 2010 account full setup to a new computer's Outlook 2019: emails + contacts. After setting up the Gmail account, I moved the PST file (full account content selected ...
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Contacts search on New Outlook on MacOS contact lost

When you compose a new email in the "New Outlook" UX on MacOS, in the "to" field I was finding a contact via autocomplete by typing the first few letters of their email and she ...
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IBM Notes: Where can I select the adress books chosen for autocomplete?

When using the autocomplete-function for email addresses, Notes seems to reliably choose the most unhelpful entry from the most unrelated address book possible. About 90% of my mails go to recipients ...
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How to react to an empty contact request on Signal-app of unknown origin and just with a "bin" file attached?

I am totally new to Signal messenger. I have just received a contact request, without a text, and just with a bin file of 13 KB in the attachment. I do not know the strange nickname which is 4-letters ...
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How can I shift my contacts from Outlook onto another platform?

I have both (personal and business) contacts in Outlook and have not shared the access permission with anyone in the company. Now, I would like to share my contacts with my office colleagues (only ...
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Are contacts stored in an outlook data file

My old laptop running Windows 7 and Outlook 2010 died. I've got a new laptop running Windows 10 and Outlook 365 using POP. Someone managed to retrieve all my data files and emails from the dead laptop....
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I don't want my contacts/friends being shown as suggested contacts. Are these right settings?

I don't want my contacts/friends being shown as suggested contacts and I want people can find me using my Skype ID. So, I turned off "Appear as suggested contacts" and turned on "Appear ...
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Export iCloud contacts to Office 365 including profile pictures

I want to export my contacts from iCloud to Office 365. While I can do this basically using drag & drop with the Apple Contacts app on macOS, it won't preserve the contact picture. How do I ...
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can't access contact list in Outlook 2020 when creating a new email

can't add a contact from my lengthy Contacts list in Outlook 2020 when creating a new email. The only addresses I can access are those tied to addresses in my hotmail account, which I have never used ...
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Can a discontinued Office 365 subscription migrate to Outlook.com for calendar and contacts?

I am helping with an Office 365 Business Essentials to IMAP migration. The domain owner would like to continue using Calendar and Contacts, which are available via Outlook.com. Is it possible to ...
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Bulk Removing Redundant or Malformed Contact Information on macOS Catalina

A few weeks back I tried Microsoft Outlook on macOS and must have tried syncing my contacts from in there which added a TON of seemingly redundant information into each of almost all of my contacts. ...
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Inconsistent name resolution in email "To" field for contacts in Outlook / Office 365

I'm seeing some really strange, inconsistent behaviour with how the browser-based Outlook / Office 365 resolves names for email addresses of contacts when I enter them into the "To" field for new ...
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Outlook contacts: View custom fields created by mobile phone

Samsung Galaxy phones implement somewhat different contact record structure than the one found in typical Outlook contact. It allows custom fields and saves them as custom fields supported by Exchange ...
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Different default Style Set for new emails and to notes in new contacts, appointments and tasks of Microsoft Outlook

I formatted a Microsoft Outlook 365 email in my PC the way I want all new emails to be formatted by default. (An example of such settings: The left and right margins were set to 3 cm.) Then, I saved ...
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Is there a way in Skype desktop for Windows to select a contact automatically after startup?

I usually chat with the same contact most of the time via Skype, so when I start skype I always click on her name, so that our chat is already displayed. Is there a way to select this contact ...
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What makes "My Card" different in the macOS/iOS Contacts database

What is the data level tag or differentiator in a vCard that signifies the "My Card" status in the macOS / iOS "Contacts" app?
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Contact form 7 ... about not all fields getting sent

I ran across a similar topic being discussed. But the solution was specific to that particular case without any mention of the principles behind it... my 'contact form 7' form tab looks like this: &...
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Export personal Outlook 2016 contacts, excluding the global address list

In Outlook 2016, how do I export contacts from an outlook profile, while excluding contacts that appear on the global address list? I'm trying to include only contacts that have been added manually. ...
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Migrate from Outlook Contacts (Address Book) to something with rich text in Notes [closed]

In the Contacts (Address Book) part of Outlook for Mac 2011, I use rich text formatting (including links) for Notes. I'd like to migrate away from Microsoft to something that is open source. From ...
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How can I sync Opera Mail contacts automaticly?

I use Opera Mail as my default e-mail client and I'd like to synchronise the contacts between computers. I can do it per request by exporting and importing the contacts, but I don’t want to this every ...
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How do I make macOS native Contacts the default application for adding a contact instead of Microsoft Outlook's Contacts?

My Outlook Version is 16.14.1. Elaboration: I'm in the native Messages client. Someone sends me a contact through iMessage. I add that contact through the UI in Messages. Expectation: the contact ...
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Exporting outlook contacts

So, I have quite a lot of emails in Outlook I'd like to "harvest" contacts (to/from fields) from and add to Google contacts. Note that I'm not talking about the Outlook address book, but Outlook ...
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how to export the one contact from thunderbird to vcf?

Thunderbird 52.6.0 (32-bit) I need to exprot the one (only one!) contact from Thunderbird adress book to the one .vcf-file ("one Person === one file"). How I can to do this?
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Access Office 365-directory using LDAP

My company runs internal e-mail-traffic using Outlook 365. I prefer using a proper e-mail client (in my case: thunderbird) via IMAP and SMTP, which is no problem since the server adresses are provided ...
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Error Import Excel to Outlook Contacts

This is frustrating... I've done this hundreds of times with no problems, and suddenly I get an error. The environment: Windows 10 Outlook 2007 Foo.xls file of Excel 97-2003 The process: Outlook --&...
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Save (or retrieve) the date I added a contact to Thunderbird's address book

I'd like to keep track of the date on which I add a contact to an address book on Thunderbird 52.1 (specifically, an address book that I keep synchronized with one on fruux.com using the Thunderbird ...
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How can I get a count of cards in a group in the macOS Contacts app?

The Contacts (Address Book) app in macOS has a card count for the "All Contacts" list. If I click on "All Contacts" and scroll to the bottom I can see that count, but it doesn't seem to work in any of ...
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How do I automatically remove nonstandard elements from fields in a .csv file? (see description)

I have an enormous contacts file in .CSV format with about 15,200 entries. Many entries are nonstandard, repeating the email address in the first name field or something like this. I want to ...
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Remove a contact from contact groups in outlook

Recently a colleague resigned from our company and I need to delete her from all the contact groups in my Outlook. Any suggest will be appreciated! Is there a easily way to do this?
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How to move iPhone contacts to Outlook 2016? (and sync in future)

I have an iPhone which I will shortly be losing. I want to copy the contacts from it to Outlook 2016 on my Windows 10 laptop. My new phone will be either iPhone or Android (not yet decided), and I ...
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TeamViewer 12 contact list operating with keyboard

In previous versions of TV there was an ability to operate contact list with keyboard. But in new version (12) I can't move focus to contact list, because button with my account (in bottom-right ...
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Does CardDAV support contact groups?

Does CardDAV support contact groups/mailing lists, i.e. a feature to group several contacts into one group? I searched the Internet for a while, but could not find a reliable answer. Seems some ...
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How to organise photos of people along with their biography and contact information?

I know ~300 people, and I have ~500 photos. Some photos have one person in each of the photos, some photos have many people in each of the photos. For not forgetting people, I write down their names, ...
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How can I sync my contacts and calendars from Linux to and from an iPhone without using Google?

I recently moved from Mac to Linux (Fedora 25, to be exact). Everything works really well, but I'm having trouble coming up with a solution to sync my contacts and calendars. I still use an iPhone, ...
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How can I auto-add to my contacts people who send me email in Outlook?

Premise I use outlook at work and while there's an auto-suggest feature for people who I have sent emails to - already handy - and I have a corporate addressbook, there are some annoying limitations. ...
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Transfer Saved Outlook Contacts From PC to Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

I have 700+ contacts backed up on my PC in Outlook Item (.msg) format. I wan't to transfer these contacts to my Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge phone but can't work out the following: What folder they should ...
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Is there any way to directly import Outlook 2003 .pab (Personal Address Book) into Outlook 2013?

On a new PC I have installed Office 2013. Earlier I had Office 2003 and therein I had created Personal Address Book (.pab) file. However I am unable to import that .pab into Outlook 2013 Contacts. It ...
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Retrieve Contacts from Viber PC

I am trying to retrieve contacts from Viber PC. I read the below mentioned solution on the website. However while running the command I am getting an error that Error: no such table: ContactRelation ...
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