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[withnail]

This seems crazy but I just cannot create contacts in gmail unless by doing it individually!!!

I've got a bunch of emails in my inbox (they've been read, sent by students) and I want to bulk transfer them to contacts!

It seems I can't do it unless I reply individually to all of them - then they'll go automatically to contacts!! So stupid!

There's no "contacts" option either in "move to" or "more actions" so I can't select them all and move them.

I want to create contact groups for each class so i can email them with information but to do that, first i need to get them into contacts but i just can't find a way to do that!

surely you can select a bunch of emails people have sent you and convert them in bulk to contacts????

Maybe when i first received each mail i had an option to add each to contacts but looks like ii lost that chance and its too late!!

I'd really appreciate your help...

[nobbyken]

Try going into the contacts page and check if there is a button on the lower right section called 'view suggestions'.
This should give you a list of frequent mail which doesn't belong to your contacts.
Just check the box of those you wish to add.
Hope it helps.
NK

[withnail]

Thanks for the help. There is indeed such a box but the mails I received from students are not "frequent" .

Irritatingly, I can't even check the boxes of all of them or several and do a "reply all" message.

Gmail really is crap!

[blackjack]

The easiest way would be to do it through an email client such as outlook or thunderbird

[nobbyken]

It can get tedious putting contatcs in.
Once they're in, it keeps tabs of conversations pretty good and has docs a click away.
Surely it will improve soon by changing the way contacts can be stored.