Re: [Evolution] How to import address book from Thunderbird?

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

> > > 
> > > Thank you. I just now saw your reply here. Yes, someone else also
> > > suggested this to me on the Ubuntu Support Forum. I tried it, and it
> > > worked-- to a certain extent. That is to say, it did bring in all the
> > > addresses. But the main problem is, that it did not retain the way in
> > > which the addresses were organized. There are a large number of
> > > addresses, but they are kept in six different mailing lists. And now all
> > > the addresses are just listed singly in the Evolution address book.
> > > Which is not much help to me, as I need the mailing lists. It would be a
> > > massive job to reorganize all those addresses by hand into their
> > > respective mailing lists. If it were to be like that, I could have just
> > > manually pasted each address into the Evolution address book myself and
> > > it would have taken just as look. There must be a way to do the import
> > > in such a way that the mailing lists are maintained. 
> > > 
> > > I did the import using csv. Do you think it would be any better if I did
> > > it via LDIF? Or will I still face the same problem?
> > 
> > Probably.
> > 
> > Evo is doing as you requested: importing the addresses into your
> > addressbook.  There is no information in either csv or ldif about
> > mailing lists - or contact lists as Evolution calls them.

Actually I was wrong - the LDIF format does contain information about
address lists and it does import them properly into Evo.

> 
> (1) Export each of my mailing lists from Thunderbird as a separate file?
> 
> When I open Thunderbird and open the address book, and go to its tools
> -> Export window, there seems to be only the option to export the entire
> address book.
> 
> Perhaps the way to do it would be to create a separate address book for
> each mailing list? And then export the address book? If that is the way
> to do it, then I need to find out how to create another address book and
> copy and paste the mailing list to it. If this is the proper approach
> and you know how, then kindly guide me.

File -> New -> Address book

Then drag the mailing list into the new address book and export it.

> 
> (2) When I do the import into Evo, I should import each list as a
> separate address book. How do I do that?
> 
> Here are the instructions I know for doing an import of addresses:
> 
> In Evolution,
> * Go to Contacts Window View
> * Click File --> Import
> * Go ahead and select "import a single file" option when asked
> * Select the file we created when exporting from Thunderbird
> * Then import the contacts
> 
> So, where in this sequence do I select that I want the addresses to go
> into a separate address book?

Create the address book first (File -> New -> Address book) then it asks
you towards the end where to import the file to.

P.