Hendrik Hannemann Hi there! The easiest way in my eyes is to export the Outlook addressbook to a comma delimited file (.csv) and then import that into TB. You get to choose which fields in Outlook will end up in which fields in TB giving you more control. Cheers Hendrik ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 2:25 AM Subject: Re: Transferring contact information from Outlook
> On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Geoff Lane wrote: > > > In the saga of my continued attempt to convert from Outlook, I need to > > transfer the contact information from Outlook to TB address books. I > > need to migrate several hundred records. > > > > Outlook can export vCards; TB can import vCards. However, that route > > is very time-consuming. I spent over an hour yesterday and only > > scratched the surface. I've tried going via comma-delimited files -- > > but something gets lost in translation and half the records end up as > > nonsense or with the information for one contact mixed and matched > > across two to four TB address records. > > > > Has anyone done this that can suggest a better route. For example, is > > there another mail client from which TB can import and that can import > > from Outlook personal folder files? > > You can use utility from The Bat! programmers called WAB2LDIF. It loads > WAB (Windows Address Book) files and can export them to LDIF format, which > can be imported to TB without problems. You can download it from here for > example: > > ftp://ftp.gin.cz/pub/mswindows/the_bat/utilities/wab2ldif.exe (200 kB) > > -- > > Marek Mikus > Czech Support of The Bat! > http://www.thebat.ipex.cz > > > > -- > ________________________________________________________ > Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com > Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Latest Vers: 1.53d > FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com > > -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
