Uploading the Contact List from Outlook

You can pre-fill TorontoMLS Contact records with information from your Outlook or Outlook Express address book. Export the address book as a text file in comma separated values format (.CSV), and then upload the file to TMLS Contacts.

NOTE: If your contact data is available in another email program, you may be able to use Outlook as a conduit for uploading the information to TMLS Contacts. Import the file into Outlook, then export the data from Outlook's email program for upload to TMLS.

If you select fields for your export file that do not exist in the TMLS Contact record, TMLS excludes those fields.

CAUTION: When exporting your contacts list from Outlook or Outlook Express make sure you select all fields corresponding to those in the TMLS Contacts record. For example, TMLS Contacts expects a 'first name' field and a 'last name' field. The list you upload must have the names in separate fields. (If you upload a list without separate fields but with a 'name' field containing both first and last name, the list uploads; however, the first and last name fields are blank.)

To Upload A List of Contacts

Select the Contacts tab at the top of any TMLS page.
Click Upload/Download Contacts (Outlook).
At Contact List Options, click Upload Contact List.
Click Browse.
Locate the file containing your contact data. (It must have the file extension .CSV.) Then click Open.
Click Continue.
TMLS displays the Import Log, identifying the number of contacts uploaded and any problems encountered in the uploading process. Click Back to Contacts. TMLS displays the Contacts menu page.

NOTE: upon completing the upload you can perform a Contacts Search to confirm the data transfer.

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Help for TorontoMLS, v. June 30, 2011