Managing contacts in webmail

The contacts tab within the Hover webmail allows you to add, group, manage and delete contact information.

It is divided into three panes: groups, contacts list, and contact details.

Drag-and-drop is a supported feature, so you can quickly manage your contacts.

• Adding a contact
  • Adding a contact from the contacts tab
  • Adding a contact from an email
• Selecting multiple contacts for actioning
• Searching for contacts
• Using groups in contacts
  • Creating a group
  • Adding one or more contacts to a group
  • Removing contacts from a group
  • Renaming a group
  • Deleting a group
• Importing contacts
• Exporting contacts

Adding a contact

You can add contacts from the contacts tab or directly from an email.

Adding a contact from the contacts tab

1. Log in to Hover webmail.
   Important: Former Vistaprint email accounts can be accessed on any browser using the link mail.b.hostedemail.com
2. Click Contacts from the sidebar menu, followed by Create from the right details pane.
   
3. Fill in the contact information on the blank contact card. Save your changes. 
   

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Adding a contact from an email

1. Log in to Hover webmail.
   Important: Former Vistaprint email accounts can be accessed on any browser using the link mail.b.hostedemail.com
2. Within the inbox, select an email from the contact that you would like to add.
3. In the email details pane, click on the email address found on the header.
4. From the options, select Add to address book. The email will be automatically added to your address book.
   

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Selecting multiple contacts for actioning

The contact select tool allows you to choose which selection type to use for your specific need. Once selected, you can move the contacts into a group for future use, delete, export, or select Compose from the sidebar to start an email to the selected contacts.

Note: The contact details pane only shows one selection at a time.

1. Log in to Hover webmail.
2. Click Contacts from the sidebar menu, followed by Select from the contact list pane. Choose the selection option to fit your needs.
   

   Selection	Allows you to choose individual messages.
   Current page	Selects all messages on the current page within the current folder.
   Invert	Selects or unselects, depending on the last action taken.
   None	Selects none.

   
3. Use the checkbox that appears beside each contact to select or unselect.
   

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Searching for contacts

The basic search function at the top of the contact list uses display name, email, first name, last name, and all fields. 

1. Log in to Hover webmail.
2. Click Contacts from the sidebar menu, followed by one of the search criteria listed above. Press enter on your keyboard.
   
3. Alternately, to narrow your search you can click the arrow beside the search field to show a list of possible search options.  Select Search when you've entered the desired search criteria.
   

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Using groups in contacts

Groups are used to create a list of commonly emailed contacts for quick access and easy addressing. The groups list displays alphabetically, and contacts can be added to multiple groups simultaneously.

Creating a group

1. Log in to Hover webmail.
   Important: Former Vistaprint email accounts can be accessed on any browser using the link mail.b.hostedemail.com
2. Click Contacts from the sidebar menu, followed by the ... menu within the Groups pane. Choose Add group.
   
   
3. In the pop-up, type the name of the new group in the text field, proceeded by Save.
   

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Adding one or more contacts to a group

You can add contacts to a group by displaying the contact and selecting the group to which you want to assign them. Drag-and-drop is supported, so you can use this feature to move multiple contacts simultaneously. Dragging a contact from one group to another will result in a copy being placed in the new group.

1. Log in to Hover webmail.
   Important: Former Vistaprint email accounts can be accessed on any browser using the link mail.b.hostedemail.com
2. Click Contacts from the sidebar menu, followed by Select.
3. Select the contacts you want to add to a group and drag them to the group desired in the left Groups pane. 
   
4. Alternately, from the right details pane, click More and Assign to group. Choose the desired group for the contact to be assigned to.
   

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Removing contacts from a group

Note: A contact cannot be removed from the Contacts group.

1. Log in to Hover webmail.
   Important: Former Vistaprint email accounts can be accessed on any browser using the link mail.b.hostedemail.com
2. Click Contacts from the sidebar menu, followed by the group you want to remove contacts from in the Group list pane. 
3. Click Select and choose the contacts you want to remove from the group.
4. In the right details pane, select More, followed by Remove from group.
   
   

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Renaming a group

1. Log in to Hover webmail.
   Important: Former Vistaprint email accounts can be accessed on any browser using the link mail.b.hostedemail.com
2. Click Contacts from the sidebar menu, followed by the group you want to rename in the Group list pane. 
3. Click the ...  menu, proceeded by Rename group.
4. Enter the new name and Save your changes. The new name will appear in the Groups list in alphabetical order. 
   

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Deleting a group

1. Log in to Hover webmail.
   Important: Former Vistaprint email accounts can be accessed on any browser using the link mail.b.hostedemail.com
2. Click Contacts from the sidebar menu, followed by the group you want to rename in the Group list pane. 
3. Click the ...  menu, proceeded by Delete group.
4. Select Delete in the pop-up confirmation window that appears.
   

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Importing contacts

Webmail allows you to import a list of contacts from another mail application in vCard file (.VCF) or Comma separated values (.CSV) format.

1. Log in to Hover webmail.
   Important: Former Vistaprint email accounts can be accessed on any browser using the link mail.b.hostedemail.com
2. Select Contacts from the vertical ribbon menu, followed again by Contacts.
3. In the right details pane, select Import. Click on Browse to choose the file to upload. 
4. You can then choose the group that will contain the new contacts from the Import group assignments drop-down list. If you don't select this option, the contacts will be imported into the main Contacts group only.
   Select the Import. 
   
5. Choose if you want to import the first line (headers) or not by enabling or disabling the toggle. Choose Import. 
   
6. Select if you want to Replace your entire address book with this import. Click Import.
7. Once you get the confirmation, close the Import contacts window by clicking the X in the upper left corner.

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Exporting contacts