How to Import Your Address Book (Contact List)
into Your Whitelist

This document tells you how you can export your address book (contact list) from your mail program so that you can use those email addresses in the whitelist area of the server-side spam control system. By doing this, any messages from people in your address book / contact list will always be delivered to you without possibly being "held" in the Spam Digest.
Instructions on how to do this are presently available for:

Windows Live Mail 2012, 2011 (Windows 10, 8.x, 7, Vista)

  1. From within Windows Live Mail 2012 or 2011, click Contacts in the lower left.
  2. Click the Export ribbon icon and select Comma separated values (.CSV).
  3. In the "Save exported file as:" area, type addressbook.txt and click Browse...
  4. Click Desktop on the left then click Save.
  5. Click Next.
  6. From the list of fields to export, choose only "Email Address" (make sure you scroll down to de-select other options) then click Finish.
  7. Click OK.
  8. Click Finish.
  9. Double-click on the addressbook.txt file on your Desktop to open it in Notepad.
  10. Delete the first line of the file (since it's not an email address).
  11. Hit Ctrl+A (or click on Edit then Select All) to highlight everything.
  12. Hit Ctrl+C (or click on Edit then Copy) to copy the contents into the clipboard (you won't see anything happen when you do this).
  13. Go into the Whitelist settings in the Server-side Spam Control site.
  14. Make sure the cursor is blinking in the From (Reply-to) field and hit Ctrl+V (or click on Edit then Paste). This will paste the email addresses from your contact list into the field.
  15. When you're finished, click Submit Changes at the bottom of the form.

Windows Live Mail 2009 (Windows XP)

  1. From within Windows Mail 2009, click Contacts in the lower left.
  2. Within the Windows Live Contacts window, click File (or Alt+F on the keyboard), select Export, then Comma Separated Values (.CSV).
  3. In the "Save exported file as:" area, type addressbook.txt and click Browse...
  4. Click Desktop on the left then click Save.
  5. Click Next.
  6. From the list of fields to export, choose only "Email Address" (make sure you scroll down to de-select other options) then click Finish.
  7. Click OK.
  8. Click Finish.
  9. Double-click on the addressbook.txt file on your Desktop to open it in Notepad.
  10. Delete the first line of the file (since it's not an email address).
  11. Hit Ctrl+A (or click on Edit then Select All) to highlight everything.
  12. Hit Ctrl+C (or click on Edit then Copy) to copy the contents into the clipboard (you won't see anything happen when you do this).
  13. Go into the Whitelist settings in the Server-side Spam Control site.
  14. Make sure the cursor is blinking in the From (Reply-to) field and hit Ctrl+V (or click on Edit then Paste). This will paste the email addresses from your contact list into the field.
  15. When you're finished, click Submit Changes at the bottom of the form.

Windows Mail (Windows Vista)

  1. From within Windows Mail, click on File, then Export, then Windows Contacts...
  2. Choose "CSV (Comma Separated Values)" then click Export.
  3. In the "Save exported file as:" area, type addressbook.txt and click Browse...
  4. Click Desktop on the left then click Save.
  5. Click Next.
  6. From the list of fields to export, choose only "E-mail Address" (make sure you scroll down to de-select other options) then click Finish.
  7. Click OK.
  8. Click Close.
  9. Double-click on the addressbook.txt file on your Desktop to open it in Notepad.
  10. Delete the first line of the file (since it's not an email address).
  11. Hit Ctrl+A (or click on Edit then Select All) to highlight everything.
  12. Hit Ctrl+C (or click on Edit then Copy) to copy the contents into the clipboard (you won't see anything happen when you do this).
  13. Go into the Whitelist settings in the Server-side Spam Control site.
  14. Make sure the cursor is blinking in the From (Reply-to) field and hit Ctrl+V (or click on Edit then Paste). This will paste the email addresses from your contact list into the field.
  15. When you're finished, click Submit Changes at the bottom of the form.

Outlook Express (Windows XP)

Before doing this, you may want to make sure your version of Internet Explorer (includes Outlook Express) is current (security patches, etc.) by visiting the Microsoft Update site (http://update.microsoft.com)

  1. From within Outlook Express, click on File, then Export, then Address Book.
  2. Choose "Text File (Comma Separated Values)" then click Export.
  3. Enter %homedrive%%homepath%\desktop\addressbook.txt and click Browse, then Save, then Next. This will save the "addressbook.txt" file to your Desktop.
  4. From the list of fields to export, choose only "E-mail Address" (make sure you scroll down to de-select other options) then click Finish.
  5. Double-click on the addressbook.txt file on your Desktop to open it in Notepad.
  6. Delete the first line of the file (since it's not an email address).
  7. Hit Ctrl+A (or click on Edit then Select All) to highlight everything.
  8. Hit Ctrl+C (or click on Edit then Copy) to copy the contents into the clipboard (you won't see anything happen when you do this).
  9. Go into the Whitelist settings in the Server-side Spam Control site.
  10. Make sure the cursor is blinking in the From (Reply-to) field and hit Ctrl+V (or click on Edit then Paste). This will paste the email addresses from your contact list into the field.
  11. When you're finished, click Submit Changes at the bottom of the form.

Outlook 2007, 2003, 2002

Before doing this, you may want to make sure your version of Microsoft Outlook is current (security patches, etc.) by visiting the Microsoft Update site (http://update.microsoft.com)

  1. From within Outlook, click on File then Import Export...
  2. Choose "Export to a file" and click Next.
  3. Choose "Comma Separated Values (Windows)" and click Next.
  4. From the list of items to export, click on Contacts and click Next.
  5. Enter %homedrive%%homepath%\desktop\addressbook.txt and click Next. This will save the "addressbook.txt" file to your Desktop.
  6. Click on "Map Custom Fields..." button.
  7. In the "Map Custom Fields" window:
    1. Click the Clear Map button near the bottom of the window.
    2. On the left side, scroll down and click the [+] next to Email.
    3. On the left side, drag Email Address to the right side of the window.
    4. After Email Address appears on the right side (and nothing else), click OK.
  8. Click Finish.
  9. Double-click on the addressbook.txt file on your Desktop to open it in Notepad.
  10. Delete the first line of the file (since it's not an email address).
  11. Remove all double-quotes ( " ) from the file by doing the following:
    Hit Ctrl+H (or click on Edit then Replace...)
    Find what: " (double-quote -- NOT two single-quotes)
    Replace with: (leave blank)
    Click Replace All and the double-quotes will disappear.
    Close the Replace window when the double-quotes have been removed.
  12. Hit Ctrl+A (or click on Edit then Select All) to highlight everything.
  13. Hit Ctrl+C (or click on Edit then Copy) to copy the contents into the clipboard (you won't see anything happen when you do this).
  14. Go into the Whitelist settings in the Server-side Spam Control site.
  15. Make sure the cursor is blinking in the From (Reply-to) field and hit Ctrl+V (or click on Edit then Paste). This will paste the email addresses from your contact list into the field.
  16. When you're finished, click Submit Changes at the bottom of the form.