How to import and export your address book in Thunderbird
- guides |
- Thunderbird |
- import |
- export |
- email |
- book |
- addressbook |
- address
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Click Tools and select Address Book
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Select the address book you want to export.
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Then click Tools again in the Address Book and select Export... while keeping your address book selected.
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Save the file somewhere convenient as an LDIF file with whatever filename you wish.
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Transfer the LDIF file to the machine you wish to import to (via email, USB drive, etc).
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If you are transfering your address book to a different computer, move to the new computer and retrieve the LDIF file (save it to somewhere convenient like the Desktop or My Documents).
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Repeat Step 1 to get back into the Address book.
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Select Tools again in the Address Book but this time select Import...
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Select Address Books and click Next.
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Select Text file (LDFI, .tab, .csv, .txt) and click Next; select the location of the LDIF when prompted.
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Click Finished.