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10-20-2008
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| | Two contacts for one person in Messenger Hello there, (I think I might have asked this question before but I just can't find the thread. If so apologies for the second post). I am sure I am not the only one that has those annoying friends with more than one Windows Live ID for messenger. I am wondering if there is a way of having both contacts merged together? in one single Windows Live contact within my Live contacts address book? Reason is that I end up with 2 contacts for the same user in my Addressbook and this is soooo annoying! Particularly because I use Plaxo.com to sync my Yahoo, Gmail and outlook calendars, as well my Yahoo and Outlook address books. I would like to try to sync my Live Contacts as well but I am afraid that because of such multiple contacts I might end-up with duplicates, or even worse messing about my so far perfect sync. I noticed that in Windows live contacts (when editing a contact info) there is a field called "other instant messaging address". I was wondering how this field is used, and if it could be used for to (somehow) sort out my problem. If not, then Microsoft should consider this a feature request :-p Regards, P. |
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10-20-2008
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| | Re: Two contacts for one person in Messenger Greetings, There is no 'merge' capability. If you want those two contacts on your Messenger contact list, then you'll need to have two contacts. -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation -- "Pedro Innecco" <nospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:497E180A-FA2E-44D9-8F0A-26F28B269CF0@xxxxxx Quote: > Hello there, > > (I think I might have asked this question before but I just can't find the thread. If so > apologies for the second post). > > I am sure I am not the only one that has those annoying friends with more than one Windows > Live ID for messenger. > > I am wondering if there is a way of having both contacts merged together? in one single > Windows Live contact within my Live contacts address book? Reason is that I end up with 2 > contacts for the same user in my Addressbook and this is soooo annoying! > > Particularly because I use Plaxo.com to sync my Yahoo, Gmail and outlook calendars, as well > my Yahoo and Outlook address books. I would like to try to sync my Live Contacts as well > but I am afraid that because of such multiple contacts I might end-up with duplicates, or > even worse messing about my so far perfect sync. > > I noticed that in Windows live contacts (when editing a contact info) there is a field > called "other instant messaging address". I was wondering how this field is used, and if it > could be used for to (somehow) sort out my problem. > > If not, then Microsoft should consider this a feature request :-p > > Regards, > P. |
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10-21-2008
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| | Re: Two contacts for one person in Messenger Jonathan, Thank you for the response. Any ideas for what the "other instant messaging address" field would be used for? I assume then it would just be used as a free text field? Regards, P. "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uvCNl9yMJHA.2824@xxxxxx Quote: > Greetings, > > There is no 'merge' capability. If you want those two contacts on your > Messenger contact list, then you'll need to have two contacts. > > -- > Jonathan Kay > Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger > MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger > MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com > Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com > (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature > or citation > -- > > > "Pedro Innecco" <nospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:497E180A-FA2E-44D9-8F0A-26F28B269CF0@xxxxxx Quote: >> Hello there, >> >> (I think I might have asked this question before but I just can't find >> the thread. If so apologies for the second post). >> >> I am sure I am not the only one that has those annoying friends with more >> than one Windows Live ID for messenger. >> >> I am wondering if there is a way of having both contacts merged together? >> in one single Windows Live contact within my Live contacts address book? >> Reason is that I end up with 2 contacts for the same user in my >> Addressbook and this is soooo annoying! >> >> Particularly because I use Plaxo.com to sync my Yahoo, Gmail and outlook >> calendars, as well my Yahoo and Outlook address books. I would like to >> try to sync my Live Contacts as well but I am afraid that because of such >> multiple contacts I might end-up with duplicates, or even worse messing >> about my so far perfect sync. >> >> I noticed that in Windows live contacts (when editing a contact info) >> there is a field called "other instant messaging address". I was >> wondering how this field is used, and if it could be used for to >> (somehow) sort out my problem. >> >> If not, then Microsoft should consider this a feature request :-p >> >> Regards, >> P. > |
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10-21-2008
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| | Re: Two contacts for one person in Messenger Hi, To the best of my knowledge, it's just there for reference/future development. -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation -- "Pedro Innecco" <nospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OeoMqF3MJHA.3496@xxxxxx Quote: > Jonathan, > > Thank you for the response. > > Any ideas for what the "other instant messaging address" field would be used for? I assume > then it would just be used as a free text field? > > Regards, > P. > > "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:uvCNl9yMJHA.2824@xxxxxx Quote: >> Greetings, >> >> There is no 'merge' capability. If you want those two contacts on your Messenger contact >> list, then you'll need to have two contacts. >> >> -- >> Jonathan Kay >> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger >> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger >> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com >> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com >> (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation >> -- >> >> >> "Pedro Innecco" <nospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:497E180A-FA2E-44D9-8F0A-26F28B269CF0@xxxxxx Quote: >>> Hello there, >>> >>> (I think I might have asked this question before but I just can't find the thread. If so >>> apologies for the second post). >>> >>> I am sure I am not the only one that has those annoying friends with more than one >>> Windows Live ID for messenger. >>> >>> I am wondering if there is a way of having both contacts merged together? in one single >>> Windows Live contact within my Live contacts address book? Reason is that I end up with 2 >>> contacts for the same user in my Addressbook and this is soooo annoying! >>> >>> Particularly because I use Plaxo.com to sync my Yahoo, Gmail and outlook calendars, as >>> well my Yahoo and Outlook address books. I would like to try to sync my Live Contacts as >>> well but I am afraid that because of such multiple contacts I might end-up with >>> duplicates, or even worse messing about my so far perfect sync. >>> >>> I noticed that in Windows live contacts (when editing a contact info) there is a field >>> called "other instant messaging address". I was wondering how this field is used, and if >>> it could be used for to (somehow) sort out my problem. >>> >>> If not, then Microsoft should consider this a feature request :-p >>> >>> Regards, >>> P. >> |
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