--- On Tue, 23/11/10, Robert Schetterer robert@schetterer.org wrote:
Hello,
What the subject says. I am trying, that is. OK, here's the story. Users very lazy. Don't want to write down their contact details from scratch. Here's what I thought :
migrate (export?) contacts from outlook to mozilla
From: Robert Schetterer robert@schetterer.org Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Trying to populate dovecot with outlook contacts To: dovecot@dovecot.org Date: Tuesday, 23 November, 2010, 13:22 Am 23.11.2010 11:48, schrieb Spyros Tsiolis: thunderbird.
Then find a way to make thunderbird "talk" to dovecot, so that the latter can import the contact details from mozilla tb.
Any ideas ? Will it work ? Am I ranting ? :-)
Thank you all,
that has nothing to do with dovecot which is an imap / pop3 server export adresses from outlook to your prefered file format i.e ldif, csv , import it in thunderbird
the whole stuff might be wizzarided yet, as far i rembember thunderbird ask for import stuff from outlook at first start, whatever for autoconfig servername ports etc with thunderbird/outlook ( up to 2007 ) propagate some stuff in dns anf have right xml entries on some webserver
other possibility configure horde webmail as syncml server use funambol plugins in outlook ,export sync contacts to horde, sync them with thunderbird later from horde, as well as with i.e some android/iphone/blackberry
if using horde dev 4 you can try active sync too, or use zarafa, funambol etc
at last no dovecot job, as long you dont use i.e some kolab extension etc with using imap folder for contacts
s.
"I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
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MfG Robert Schetterer
Germany/Munich/Bavaria
Chaps,
FYI, after a _lot_ of running around and trying to find a solution to this, I have a pretty straightforward solution. So here it is in case someone has the same issue and would like to solve it asap : Before proceeding any further, I would like say that my subject is wrong. It should say "Trying to migrate outlook mail and contacts to thunderbird". So with this subject, I proceed :-) :
If you have an outlook client and would like to migrate to thunderbird and you have a windows environment with outlook (office) 2007 :
First, run thunderbird directly. Sometimes, just like that, when you start thunderbird (preferably v3.1.5 onwards), it imports _everything_ from outlook 2007 no questions asked. It shows a migration wizard with a list of possible MUAs. Most definitely outlook express is going to be there and outlook if you are lucky enough.
If you are _not_ lucky enough and "outlook" is _not_ displayed on the list : click on start -> run -> msimn (that's the executable for outlook express). Outlook Express will ask you if you have a profile from outlook and would like to import. Say "yes". It doesn't matter if you make a successful import (sometimes it hangs, just like that). Close it. Preferably reboot and re-start the thunderbird MUA. Go to tools -> import and this time round the menu will also show (amongst other MUAs) the "outook" option. Choose it. Now you will have _all_ your messages imported from outlook 2007 to thunderbird ! :-)
The procedure for importing outlook 2000/2002/2003 data to thunderbird is more straight-forward. All you have to do is start installing tb and everything will be done automatically.
If you have any issues, let me know. I can try and help you. I just started up thunderbird version 3.1.7 on my Linux Mint v9.0 partition, entered the appropriate data for my imap account and it worked like a charm. It started downloading everything automatically. (I had the same thunderbird version on my win-32 partition with all my mail and contacts and did the initial migration there). Dovecot Rules ! :-)
HTH,
spyros
"I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise"
- Vangelis