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Introduction
Importing Contacts
Sending Change Notification Emails
Introduction
What is PeoplePC's Simple Switch?
PeoplePC’s Simple Switch is an easy way to get started with your PeoplePC Web Mail. With this tool you can import contacts from Outlook Express or Windows Mail (Microsoft Vista only) into your Web Mail Address Book. Once these contacts are imported, you can send them an email notifying them of your new PeoplePC email address.
Why do I need PeoplePC’s Simple Switch?
PeoplePC's Simple Switch allows you to import your contacts directly from Outlook Express or Windows Mail (Microsoft Vista only) into your Web Mail Address Book; you no longer need to manually export then import all your contacts. Simple Switch will also allow you to select which contacts to notify of your new PeoplePC email address; saving you time in composing an email.
How do I get PeoplePC's Simple Switch?
You can download PeoplePC’s Simple Switch from My Account.
What are the minimum system requirements to use PeoplePC's Simple switch?
The minimum system requirements for installing and running the latest version are:
Windows 98
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.5 or later
Pentium class 133 MHz or higher
64 MB RAM or higher (128 MB for Windows XP)
400K free disk space
Why do I have to be connected to the Internet in order to run PeoplePC's Simple Switch?
PeoplePC's Simple Switch imports contacts to your Web Mail Address Book. You must be connected to the Internet in order to access the Web Mail Address Book. Simple Switch also sends an email to selected contacts letting them know about your new PeoplePC email address. In order to send this email, you must be connected to the internet.
Can I use PeoplePC's Simple Switch with a different email program other than my PeoplePC Web Mail?
PeoplePC's Simple Switch only works with PeoplePC Web Mail.
Importing Contacts
Which email programs can I import contacts from?
PeoplePC's Simple Switch can import contacts directly from Outlook Express or Windows Mail (Microsoft Vista only).
What if I have contacts in another email program other than Outlook Express or Windows Mail?
If you have contacts in an email program other than Outlook Express or Windows Mail (Microsoft Vista only), you can still import that information but you will have to do it manually. Go to your email program and follow the instructions for exporting your contacts in the CSV format. AOL/AIM, Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, and most other programs support this format. Then go to your PeoplePC Web Mail address book and select the Import Address Book link.
A comma-separated values (CSV) file is a way of formatting data where each piece of information is separated by a comma. This is a popular format for transferring information from one application to another, because most of them are able to import and export comma-separated data.
For example, data represented in comma-separated format looks something like the following. Each column value is separated by a comma from the next column’s value and each row starts a new line:
Doe, John, john.doe@mail.com
Rogers, Sarah, sarah101@mail.com
Smith, Jane, jsmith@peoplepc.com
What if I want to import my contacts later?
You can run PeoplePC’s Simple Switch at any time. You can even run it again later to import more contacts
What if I just want to import my contacts?
If you want, you can just import your contacts then exit the program without sending an email to let your contacts know about your new PeoplePC email address.
Do I have to use PeoplePC's Simple Switch to import contacts into my Web Mail Address Book?
You do not have to use PeoplePC's Simple Switch to import contacts into your Web Mail Address Book. You can go directly to the Web Mail Address Book and add your contacts manually.
What if I want to import a contact that already exists in the Web Mail Address Book?
PeoplePC’s Simple Switch will check each contact being imported against what already exists in your Web Mail Address Book. If a contact to be imported has the same name or email address as an existing contact, then you will have the following three choices:
- Keep both the new contact being imported and my current Web Mail contact. Create separate entries for both.
- Keep only my current Web Mail contact and ignore the new contact being imported.
- Keep only the new contact being imported and replace the current Web Mail contact.
If you choose to keep both the new contact being imported and the current Web Mail contact, Simple Switch will give the imported contact a different display name in Web Mail so that you can tell them apart. The display name in Web Mail will have “duplicated created on <date>” appended to it.
What if I want to import a contact that doesn't fit in the Web Mail Address Book?
Web Mail can only accommodate 3 email addresses per contact, if there are more than 3 email addresses in the Outlook Express contact then another Web Mail contact with the same info will be created to accommodate the extra email addresses. The additional Web Mail contact will contain the default email address and the extra email addresses. The display name of the additional Web Mail contact will be preceded by "Extra Email Accounts Number ##".
Sending Change Notification Emails
Can I select which contacts I want to email?
PeoplePC's Simple Switch will display all the contacts in your Web Mail Address Book. You can then select which contacts you want to receive the email.
What if I want to send an email to someone not in my Web Mail Address Book?
You can also use PeoplePC's Simple Switch to send an email to contacts in Outlook Express or Windows Mail. If you do not have contacts in Outlook Express, Windows Mail, or Web Mail, you will need to first add contacts before you can use PeoplePC's Simple Switch to send them an email.
Can I determine the content of the email?
PeoplePCs Simple Switch provides you with a standard change notification email but you can edit the content before sending it.
How will I know afterwards who I sent an email to?
After you send an email using PeoplePC’s Simple Switch, a summary will be emailed to your primary PeoplePC email address. The summary will contain a list of the email addresses you selected as well as the content of the email.
How will I know if the emails are sent successfully?
The summary email will contain warnings for those email addresses which were not successful.
What if I want to send the email later?
You can run PeoplePC's Simple Switch at any time. You can even run it again later after you've added contacts.
What if I just want to send the change notification email?
If you want, you can skip the Import Contacts and go straight to sending the email change notification email.
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