Importing external abook.mab

[Ed Greshko]

On 10/15/2015 08:00 AM, jd1008 wrote:
> It seems that TB cannot import adbook.mab directly.
> One must first export it as one of the various text type files or vcard format.
>
> This is strange, in the sense that TB cannot decode it's own created file format
> and import it without burdening the user to do the exporting - especially since
> the .mab file might come from a long dead account.

But that is very easy to workaround.

1.  Take note of all the mab files in your T-Bird directory.
2.  Add a new address book
3.  Find the new mab file which is created
4.  Quit T-bird
5.  Copy old mab to the new mab, or just do a move
6.  Start T-Bird
7.  Done  (And I have done that many times)

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