I've had very poor luck exporting from Outlook without it corrupting somewhere along the line. I recently had to get my employers' email and address book from MSN Explorer ( MS's mind-numbingly bad, ultra dumbed-down version of AOL ) to Outlook 2007 and it was a complete and total clustery-nightmare. Be sure to use the 'map custom fields' option when exporting and line them up with what TB is expecting so as to minimize the pain.
David Smith Systems Administrator Doan Family of Dealerships (585) 352-6600 ext.1730 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Jarvis Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 12:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NF] Outlook -> Thunderbird email gotcha Jeff Johnson wrote: > I exported my contacts from Outlook to a .csv file. Then I imported > it into Thunderbird. In Thunderbird there is kind of a familiar field > mapping so you can match up the fields in Thunderbird with what they > were in Outlook. > > > Jeff <snipped> > > Okay, so I guess one detail I left out was that yes, you are supposed to be able to do the Import CSV thing, but when I tried to export it out my Outlook installation wanted my Office CD and frankly, I don't have a clue where it is and last night I was too lazy to go try and dig it up... Since I'm not in the habit of exporting from Outlook, and I doubt many others are either, I wonder how many people have those Export pieces installed? Ahhhh... but that gives me an idea! Since I know a thing or two about Outlook automation I bet I could just create my own CSV file and bypass Outlook's requirement for the CD... Too bad the hard drive in that machine is making such a huge racket - I wonder if I'll have time before it completely fails... <g> Matthew S. Jarvis IT Manager Bike Friday - "Performance that Packs." www.bikefriday.com 541/687-0487 x140 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
