RE: Re: Users digest, Vol 1 #1170 - Importing contacts from outlook

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>From: John Azelvandre <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Users] Re: Users digest, Vol 1 #1170 - Importing contacts from 
>outlook
>Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2004 11:44:26 -0400
>
>I can help with this, as I've successfully transferred all of my Outlook
>contacts into Evolution.
>
>First, a little background on my set-up.  Yours may differ.  I have two
>hard drives, one with Windows and one with Linux.  I've got lilo set up
>to dual boot, so I can go from one system to the other.  I also have
>mounted the windows drive onto the Linux filesystem so I can read and
>copy files from the Windows system onto my Linux system.
>
>If you have something similar you can follow my directions pretty much
>verbatim; otherwise, you can easily modify them to fit your
>circumstances. By the way, I'm using Debian, but I've also used this
>technique successfully with RedHat.
>
>1. First, you need to export your contacts in Outlook.  You should find
>the option to export under the 'File' menu.  Save the exported file as
>DOS 'comma separated values' with a .csv extension.  Save it as
>'contacts.csv' in your 'My Documents' folder or where ever you'd like
>that you'll remember.
>
>2. Boot into Linux.
>
>3. Mount your Windows drive/partition and cd to /My Documents.  Copy
>(cp) the 'contacts.csv' file to your home directory in linux.
>
>4. Now, back in your linux home, use the command 'csv2vcard' as follows:
>
>[commandline]$ csv2vard contacts.csv contacts.vcf
>
>This will create the vcard file in your home directory. Double-check
>that it's really there, if you're paranoid like me.
>
>5. Now open Evolution. Open the import wizard found under 'File.' You
>want to import a single file, with the vcf extension.  Find your file,
>import it, and you're in business!
>
> > Message: 2
> > Subject: Re: [Users] Importing contacts into Evolution
> > From: guenther <[email protected]>
> > To: Andrew Gray <[email protected]>
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 16:57:07 +0200
> >
> > No reply yet, thus some hints:
> >
> > > I want to import contacts from MS Outlook - I read how to do this on 
>the old
> > > Ximian support site, something about a program to convert from the MS
> > > format, but I can't find it again.
> > >
> > > Anyone got a link to the instuctions?
> >
> > Unfortunately not.
> >
> > But you might want to try googling for it. Evolution can import vCard
> > (*.vcf) and LDIF format files, so any tool, script or workaround [1]
> > that exports into these formats should do. :)
> >
> > Outlook does not have any export functionality?
> >
> > ...guenther
>
>
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