In Gmail, how do I create a contact from a recipient of an email?

Question

In Gmail, how do I create a contact from a recipient of an email? For sender, there is 'Add to Contact List' but there doesn't appear to be anything similar for the To: or Cc: fields.

Is there an easier way than creating the contacts manually?

Answer 1

This is a little bit of a pain, and I'm not 100% sure about it, but it seems to work in my tests.

If you click the name of the person you want to add as a contact while viewing the message, there is an option to click their e-mail address to send them a message. Click that, then discard the message. Click their name again in the original; there is an option under "More" for "contact details". Click that and you can add the other stuff you want and add them to a real group.

It appears that sending--or at least, starting to send--a message to an e-mail address puts it into your contacts under "All Contacts".

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Google has added several improvements to Gmail since I originally posted this. drnbv's answer is much more useful.

Answer 2

It's very simple, at least in the current version of GMail.

1. Hover the mouse cursor over the recipient's name in the default message view until a pop-up card appears
2. Click More on the pop-up card and you'll see the option Add to contacts

Answer 3

Open the Conversion in the Standard View of GMail in a supported browser.

See this Screen shot:

Answer 4

Open the conversation, and to the immediate right of the "Reply" button of the message you are concerned about, there is a pull down menu. Select "Add emailaddress to Contacts list".

Answer 5

copy and paste the contact/contacts from the address bar into the add new contact/contacts box in the contact list, multiple contacts can be added all at once.