Howto import Address Book from Thunderbird to Claw-mail

[suvayu ali]

On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 2:43 AM, jim <binarynut at comcast.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:56:14 -0500
> Tom Horsley <horsley1953 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:35:15 -0500
>> Jim wrote:
>>
>> > How does one import the Address Book from Thunerbird to Claw-Mail.
>>
>> I'd look for an export function in thunderbird. If it can
>> export the address book in a format claws can import, you are in
>> business (LDIF is a likely candidate).
>
> I put the abook.mab file from .thunderbird in my home directory but
> when I try do a import from claw-mail of the abook.mab it says "Bad
> Format"


I think you misunderstood Tom's comment. You have to first export the
address book from thunderbird as LDIF, then you can import it from
claws from the exported LDIF file.

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