Adding all Gmail contacts to Gmail chat [closed]

Question

I want to add all of my contacts to the chat list. I have selected "Show in chat list:">All Contacts, but not all of my contacts are showing there. How do I do it?

Answer 1

I am doing that with Gtalk and Excel:

• by exporting all contacts to .csv in GMail.

• and edit them in Excel and add "," to the right column

• from Excel save this as text file

• and by deleting CR LF all contacts save all contacts to 1 line

• copy and paste them to next step

• I click on Add button in Gtalk

Answer 2

The Show in chat list: -> All Contacts refers to the contacts that are already in your Gtalk list, not to all your Gmail contacts.

Besides, to add a contact to chat, it has to have a Gmail account, otherwise it will not work. You can add a non Gmail contact to your chat list by sending an invitation to him/her, but he/she will just be invited to open a Gmail account.

If you already have Gmail or Google Talk, visit:
http://mail.google.com/mail/xxx
You'll need to click this link to be able to chat with Alex.

To get Gmail - a free email account from Google with over 2,800 megabytes of storage - and chat with Alex, visit:
http://mail.google.com/mail/yyy