How to import a contact list?

Select an existing contact book or create a new one. At the bottom of the contact list, select Import contacts (CSV) from the options menu. At the moment only CSV files built using the Gmail and Outlook formats are supported. Learn how to export a contact list from Gmail and Outlook. If your CSV file is from another source, you can easily adapt it to the Outlook format based on this demo CSV file.

Image showing where to import contacts

Here is the full list of supported column headers:

  • First Name
  • Middle Name
  • Last Name
  • Title
  • Suffix
  • Nickname
  • Given Yomi
  • Surname Yomi
  • E-mail Address
  • E-mail 2 Address
  • E-mail 3 Address
  • Home Phone
  • Home Phone 2
  • Business Phone
  • Business Phone 2
  • Mobile Phone
  • Car Phone
  • Other Phone
  • Primary Phone
  • Pager
  • Business Fax
  • Home Fax
  • Other Fax
  • Company Main Phone
  • Callback
  • Radio Phone
  • Telex
  • TTY/TDD Phone
  • IMAddress
  • Job Title
  • Department
  • Company
  • Office Location
  • Manager's Name
  • Assistant's Name
  • Assistant's Phone
  • Company Yomi
  • Business Street
  • Business City
  • Business State
  • Business Postal Code
  • Business Country/Region
  • Home Street
  • Home City
  • Home State
  • Home Postal Code
  • Home Country/Region
  • Other Street
  • Other City
  • Other State
  • Other Postal Code
  • Other Country/Region
  • Personal Web Page
  • Spouse
  • Schools
  • Hobby
  • Location
  • Web Page
  • Birthday
  • Anniversary
  • Notes

Note that Missive also supports automatic contact syncing with Office 365 and Google accounts.

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