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[Tut] Edit Contact list files in notepad by Purity on 05-06-2005 at 04:29 AM
I'm gonna show you how to edit a '.ctt' file using notepad, and add or delete contacts email addresses all you want. 
1) Goto Your contact list.
2) Click on Contacts(menu) and then click save contact list...
3) When you save it change the '.ctt' to '.txt'.
4) Open in Notepad or any text editing program. (Now you see all your contacts and a bunch of xml blah stuff.)
5) Delete or add the contacts you want.
6) Then save it as '.ctt'. (ex: my contacts.ctt)
7) Go to the messenger accound you want to put these contacts in.
8) Click on Contacts(menu) and then Import contacts from file.
Then you're done!
PS: I don't care if you already knew this, this is something I found out myself. 
RE: [Tut] Edit Contact list files in notepad by CookieRevised on 05-06-2005 at 11:28 AM
quote:This step is not needed.
Originally posted by Purity
3) When you save it change the '.ctt' to '.txt'.
When you're at step 4, simply open notepad and when selecting the files enter "*.ctt" in the file selection dialog in notepad or choose "all files".
quote:important addition: but stick to the XML format of the file. eg: <contact>contact@blahblah.com</contact>
Originally posted by Purity
5) Delete or add the contacts you want.
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quote:This is indeed widely known and already mentioned on these forums a long time ago
Originally posted by Purity
PS: I don't care if you already knew this (...)
quote:
Originally posted by Purity
(...) but this is something I found out myself.
RE: [Tut] Edit Contact list files in notepad by serendipity on 05-06-2005 at 05:33 PM
Are they permanently deleted?They can no longer contact me if deleted?
RE: [Tut] Edit Contact list files in notepad by Millenium_edition on 05-06-2005 at 05:36 PM
quote:they're local backups of your contact list, they have nothing to do with your actual contact list, which is stored on the servers
Originally posted by serendipity
Are they permanently deleted?They can no longer contact me if deleted?