[NTLUG:Discuss] Evolution - import - export
Bryan J. Smith
b.j.smith at ieee.org
Thu Dec 16 08:21:53 CST 2004
On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 08:37, Terry Henderson wrote:
> Evolutioin seems to only have import, no export. What's up?
> Is there a workaround? or not?
I just exported a whole slew of e-mail from both Evolution 1.4 and 2.0.
I highlighted all e-mails (both in real and virtual folders) and then
selected File -> Save As. They were saved in a _single_ mbox file.
> My cousin is wanting to switch from Evolution to Tunderbird and has an
> extensive addressbook in Evolutioin. Is there some way he can
> transfer that data to Thunderbird's addressbook.
I just now did the same in Evolution 1.4 (will try 2.0 shortly).
Highlight contacts, right clicked "Save As" and they all were put into a
single vcard file.
> Question #2
> I have [another] friend who's switched to Linux [from Win98]. (I helped a lot.)
> She has Win98 on hdb (old computer died, I installed the drive from
> her old PC as slave in her new computer).
> Is there any way to get her addressbook from Outlook Express?
Outlook can export vcards as well, but only _one_ at a time the last
version I checked (XP).
Not sure about Outlook Express, it uses a completely _different_ address
book.
> (She too is using Thunderbird, thanks to me).
> [Sorry, but Thunderbird is just the most user friendly one around.]
While I prefer Evolution, my wife clearly is a Mozilla-Thunderbird user.
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