Well since Steve Kafka reads LiveSide, we wanted to let him know we read him, too!  In addition to the features listed on the Mail Call blog, Steve points out that the new Live Mail M9 includes better contacts import, and now also contains contacts export, to a number of CSV file formats, including Yahoo! Mail and GMail.  Check out the Options page in Live Mail to import or export contacts.  The export feature will export all of your contacts fields if they're supported, too, so you can save your notes etc, and import them into Outlook, your phone, or even good old Excel.  Of course this is a feature that should be included in any email client, but it's nice to see it appear in Live Mail.  You're right Steve, they're our contacts, after all!