Transferring the address book

Target for this page

  • Those who are using Web mail and used to use the address book

Please carry out the transferring operation for forwarding setting with the following procedures.

All of 3 procedures will be required.

Procedure1. Export (output) the data from address book of old KUMail(Mail Suite).

Procedure2. Convert the exported data to the style of address book of new KUMail(Gmail).

Procedure3. Import the converted data to the contact address of new KUMail(Gmail).

＜Restriction＞

There are the following restrictions in forwarding the address book.

  • There are "furigana", which shows how to read user's name and family name,in old KUMail(MailSuite) and it will be shifted to "furigana" for their given name in transferring it to the contact address of new KUMail(Gmail).
  • If there’ are some characters after “, in address book of old KUMail(MailSuite), it won’t be imported correctly to the contact address of new KUMail(Gmail).
  • The expression of stratification is possible in creating group in address book of old KUMail(MailSuite) however it’s not possible in new KUMail(Gmail) even if users can create groups. It will be carried out following rules of 3.3Gmail contact import.

Procedure1. Export (output) the data from address book of old KUMail(Mail Suite).

1. After logging in to old KUMail(Mail Suite), please click "Addresses" on the upper menu then click "Export All".

2. Address book export screen will be displayed. Please check the address book data you want to transfer.(All the items are checked in default.)

Then enter the optional file name in "Save as xxx.csv" and click "Export".

CSV files will be downloaded to the downloading destination set in the web browser.

Procedure2. Convert the exported data to the style of address book of new KUMail(Gmail).

1. Please access to the address converted tool in booting Web browser.


Please drug and drop the CSV files exported in procedure 1(Export (output) the data from address book of old KUMail(Mail Suite) and check if 「{File name} 送信済」is displayed.

2. If there are several CSV files, please continue dragging and dropping then several 「{File name} 送信済」will be displayed.

3. Please click 「CSV変換」at the bottom of the screen.

The files will be downloaded to the downloading destination set in the Web browser with the name “addresslist.csv”.

※Even if you specified several files, it will be downloaded as one file.

Procedure3. Import the converted data to the contact address of new KUMail(Gmail).

1. Please log in to new KUMail(Gmail) then start Contacts by clicking 「menu」icon > "Contacts" on the upper right of the screen.

2.If you click "Import" on the left of the screen, the "Import contacts" screen will be displayed. Choose the converted file on 3. of procedure2. Convert the exported data to the style of address book of new KUMail(Gmail) to click "Import".

3. Please check that address book data is imported.

＜Cautions＞

  • Regarding imported data, the 「インポート（YYYY/MM/DD）」 group will be created in the left menu of the screen and 連絡先will be added.
  • There’s a case that the message, 「これらの連絡先はインポートされましたが、まだ統合されていません。」, will be displayed. Please integrate it following the help article in "contact address" if needed.

「Integrate the overlapping contact address」 https://support.google.com/contacts/answer/7078226?hl=ja

  • In case the stratification is created by using group in address book of old KUMail(Mail Suite), it will be created as the right chart shows in transferring to new KUMail(Gmail).
  • In new KUMail(Gmail), the contact address can't express stratification and second group of stratification creates the group in the same layer of the first one with the name of group connecting the name of first stratification and second stratification with -.
  • After the group of the third one won't be transferred. However the data of address book added after the third stratification will be added on the group of "The group name of first stratification-The group name of second stratification" , which means the top of the third group of stratification.

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