Re: [Evolution] Build contact list from inbox

[Shaun Pinney <shaun pinney hl konicaminolta us>]

On Wed, 2011-05-18 at 09:29 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > Can I configure Evolution to autocomplete e-mail addresses based on the
> > addresses in my inbox?  Preferably, I'd like to filter out the list to
> > exclude e-mails from mailing lists, spam, etc.  Alternatively, is there
> > a (free, as in cost :) tool which can extract sender e-mail addresses so
> > I can edit and import into Evolution?
> Evolution can generate automatic contacts - what this means is that it
> will create an entry in the "Autogenerated" addressbook for each person
> you send an email to.  Just make sure that the autogenerated list is
> enabled for autocompletion.  I understand that this is not exactly what
> you are asking for - it takes a while for the autogenerated list to get
> sufficient entries to be useful.  But personally I think it's better,
> and certainly more efficient, than extracting things from the inbox.
>
> P.

Thanks for the reply Pete.  I think I will enable the autogenerated
address book feature and possibly search for free ways to export this
from Outlook and import into Evolution.

Cheers,
Shaun