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I managed to import my contacts from Outlooklive into Thunderbird, but can I import the contact groups or do I have to set them up from scratch again?

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I have a hotmail account and have been accessing it online through outlook.live.com. I have just started using Thunderbird and have successfully exported my contacts to a csv file and then imported them into Thunderbird. However, i have a number of contact groups and don't seem to be able to transfer them over. Does anyone know if this is possible or do I have to start over and create all the groups again? Thanks in advance.

I have a hotmail account and have been accessing it online through outlook.live.com. I have just started using Thunderbird and have successfully exported my contacts to a csv file and then imported them into Thunderbird. However, i have a number of contact groups and don't seem to be able to transfer them over. Does anyone know if this is possible or do I have to start over and create all the groups again? Thanks in advance.

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Groups do not import well between different email clients. You will probably have to recreate them.

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Groups do not import well between different email clients. You will probably have to recreate them.