Importing Thunderbird contacts

My Opera imports everything but contacts.
File/Import-export/mail(sic!)/Thunderbird/Browse for Prefs.js...
I've also tried tricks with Thunderbird's generic abook.mab adressbook  
file.

Can someone help me with this?

I've looked through few threads here but I've found no answer so far.  
Someone said he found a solution but he wasn't so kind to share it with  
others.

P.S. This is how it looks like when devs make some basic functions  
"""automatic""">:/ Every other e-mail client
gives a possibility to export  
contacts to minimum two different formats.

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On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:40:57 -0000, <autul@tlen.pl> wrote:

> My Opera imports everything but contacts.
> File/Import-export/mail(sic!)/Thunderbird/Browse for Prefs.js...
> I've also tried tricks with Thunderbird's generic abook.mab adressbook  
> file.
>
> Can someone help me with this?
>
> I've looked through few threads here but I've found no answer so far.  
> Someone said he found a solution but he wasn't so kind to share it with  
> others.
>
> P.S. This is how it looks like when devs make some basic functions  
> """automatic""">:/ Every other e-mail
client gives a possibility to  
> export contacts to minimum two different formats.

On a Mac running OsX 10.5.2 with Opera 9.26 it simply does not work, and  
they(Opera) know it...

J.
>



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Dnia 30-03-2008 o 04:47:11 P.J.Berg <BergRace@bogus.no.invalid>
napisa³(a):
> On a Mac running OsX 10.5.2 with Opera 9.26 it simply does not work, and  
> they(Opera) know it...
>
> J.

I forgot that Opera is multiplatform. My system is Windows XP SP2.

There is noooo freakin way I will drop Thunderbird for Opera M2 in this  
situation! Frankly now I'll consider quitting Opera browser too.... If no  
one come up with a solution. Ofcourse I still claim it's PITIFUL that  

In data 29 marzo 2008 alle ore 23:40:57, <autul@tlen.pl> ha scritto:

> My Opera imports everything but contacts.
> File/Import-export/mail(sic!)/Thunderbird/Browse for Prefs.js...
> I've also tried tricks with Thunderbird's generic abook.mab adressbook  
> file.
>  Can someone help me with this?
>  I've looked through few threads here but I've found no answer so far.  
> Someone said he found a solution but he wasn't so kind to share it with  
> others.
>  P.S. This is how it looks like when devs make some basic functions  
> """automatic""">:/ Every other e-mail
client gives a possibility to  
> export contacts to minimum two different formats.

http://mysite.verizon.net/zakharin/software/Dawn/

Dawn converter works generally well.

You can directly "open" TB address book and then export it into Opera
or  
you can export your address book into .ldif format and then import that  
file into Opera.

Please, pay attention that Dawn crashes several times when you try to  
import contacts that have UFT8 characters inside. Other times, it doesn't  
crash, but UTF8 character are simply ignored and it is displayed a white  
space. Annoying behaviour, but still manageable.

Regards,

Gianluca
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Dnia 30-03-2008 o 14:37:13 Gianluca Turconi  
<luctur2004REMOVETHESEWORDS@yahoo.it> napisa³(a):

> In data 29 marzo 2008 alle ore 23:40:57, <autul@tlen.pl> ha scritto:
>
>> My Opera imports everything but contacts.
>> File/Import-export/mail(sic!)/Thunderbird/Browse for Prefs.js...
>> I've also tried tricks with Thunderbird's generic abook.mab adressbook 

>> file.
>>  Can someone help me with this?
>>  I've looked through few threads here but I've found no answer so far. 

>> Someone said he found a solution but he wasn't so kind to share it with
 
>> others.
>>  P.S. This is how it looks like when devs make some basic functions  
>> """automatic""">:/ Every other e-mail
client gives a possibility to  
>> export contacts to minimum two different formats.
>
> http://mysite.verizon.net/zakharin/software/Dawn/
>
> Dawn converter works generally well.
>
> You can directly "open" TB address book and then export it into
Opera or  
> you can export your address book into .ldif format and then import that  
> file into Opera.
>
> Please, pay attention that Dawn crashes several times when you try to  
> import contacts that have UFT8 characters inside. Other times, it  
> doesn't crash, but UTF8 character are simply ignored and it is displayed  
> a white space. Annoying behaviour, but still manageable.
>
> Regards,
>
> Gianluca


I tried Dawn (5.3 and 5.4 beta) earlier but I didn't see any Opera neither  
export nor import options. It's weird since opera is mentioned in the  
features list.


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