Hi, Of course,  I tried that and exported all my conctacts to scv format, as i do not know the ipod format. I think that scv is a comma separator excel sheet. But the problem is that it exports , i think, all messages including the links in it, (email link) along with mesage contents. It would be a difficult task of separating the mail address, from the other things included in the file scv format. 
                    More over , the row would allow the messages in ones inbox including other things, but the column would allow only 256 entries. So when i transpose the entire thing, it will not allow because there are only 256 columns. 
                    Is there a simple way of getting the email addresses from your inbox in gmail. I have surfed and asked the forum members in gmail. But no useful reply. 
                     I open this thread after a long gap, because i have to try the solutions. I request, mr, shane to include all the threads which user started, so that they could find their threads easily.