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transfer email address's

Discussion in 'Firefox, Thunderbird & SeaMonkey' started by rgn, 2011/11/22.

  1. 2011/11/22
    rgn

    rgn Inactive Thread Starter

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    I exported my email contacts to a thumb drive. Then, plugged in the thumb drive in the new laptop, selected import under tools in the address book. A folder appears, but clicking on it says windows can't open the "ldif" file. How can I transfer my email address's to my new laptop?
     
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    Westside Inactive Alumni

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    I can't possibly reproduce your issue, as I don't have another computer, nor do I use a thumb drive. It would seem to me that the .ldif format is not on your laptop. You may want to export your addresses as a .txt file.
     
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    TonyT

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    LDIF is Thunderbird's native address book format. You must open Thunderbird, then open the address book, then use its Tools menu > Import.
     
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    Westside

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    I think that he did the correct thing, if I understand what he did, i.e. export to thumb drive, from main computer, and imported from Thunderbird, installed in laptop.
     
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    rgn

    rgn Inactive Thread Starter

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    I got it to work. Thanks for the great help!
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  7. 2011/11/27
    MrBill

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    What did you do? This may help somebody else down the road.
     
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    TonyT

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    Please mark your thread as 'Resolved'.

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