When importing contributions I would like receipts to go to the contacts that made the payment. What is the best approach to make this happen?
You could import and tag or add to a Group, then find via Adv Search (filter by Group/Tag plus date of donation) but set to 'Display as Contributions, then use the Actions to trigger Print or Email Contribution Receipt which is described thus:
You may choose to email receipts to contributors OR download a PDF file containing one receipt per page to your local computer by clicking Process Receipt(s).