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Export Contacts to Thunderbird 2

Asked by Alec Beckwith

How can I export my contacts from Evolution to Thunderbird 2? Or, conversely, import my Evolution contacts into Thunderbird 2? Grateful for any assistance, thanx.

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Best Istvan Szekeres (szekeres) said : 		#1

I used the tool at http://labs.brotherli.ch/vcfconvert/ to convert Evolution contacts to csv, then I could successfully import the csv into Thunderbird 2.

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Alec Beckwith (dialec) said : 		#2

Perfect, and really simple to use. Thanks Istvan.

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saidimu apale (saidimu) said : 		#3

Or use evolution's "hidden" command-line tool:

evolution-addressbook-export --format=csv > evolution.contacts.csv

Your contacts, in CSV format, will be in the file evolution.contacts.csv

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RobertH (rh-roberthale) said : 		#4

The above just exports the main address book. How to modify the command to export any other address books one has created? Thanks.

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k browne (kbrowne1) said : 		#5

Problem is it doesn't work. After using the command line export program, there is no such csv file anywhere in my file system.