Re: [Evolution] importing vcards in bulk

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

what errors or warnings do you get on the console when you do the
import?


On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 11:21 -0700, Mark Perlman wrote:

> Is there a utility program that I can use to load address book info
> saved off in ".vcf" format into my contacts folder?  I can write the
> perl/python script to separate the individual entries out to feed into
> the import utility.
>
> Refer to below:
>
> On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 10:36, Mark Perlman wrote:
> > Hi - new to the group since I haven't been able to find any answers on
> > the Ximian website.
> >
> > Problem:
> > I have about 914 names in a Notes 6 addressbook (names.nsf) and i have
> > exported those names in vCard 2.1 format to a file called - names.vcf. 
> > When I attempt to import the file into my Evolution->Contacts, I get a
> > "blip" on the screen - a dialog box that I can't read fast enough and
> > processing stops almost immediately.  I have been able to import about
> > 270 contacts by way of cutting the original names.vcf file into smaller
> > pieces.
> >
> > Question:
> > Is there an easier way (perhaps cli?) to load/xfer those contacts from
> > Notes or the .vcf file?  Any tools?  Any plan for better support within
> > the product?
> >
> > I am a pretty good developer and I would be happy to investigate the
> > problem in the source if I knew where to find it.
> >
> > Thanks much to anyone that can provide me some assistance!
> >
> > regards...
> > mark
> >
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> mark
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