OpenOffice
Addressbook conversion:
- csv2addressbook.pl Import Becky, Thunderbird or Kmail address books
+ csv2addressbook.pl Import Becky, Thunderbird, Kmail, Gmail and Fox
+ Mail address books
eud2gc.py Convert Eudora address book to Gnomecard
kmail2claws-mail.pl Import a Kmail address book (KDE2)
kmail2claws-mail_v2.pl Import a Kmail address book (KDE3)
* csv2addressbook.pl
WHAT IT DOES
- This perl script will import a Becky, Thunderbird and Kmail address
- book.
+ This perl script will import a Becky, Thunderbird, Kmail, Gmail and
+ Fox Mail address book.
HOW TO USE IT
(You must run claws-mail at least once before running this script.)
WARNING: Kmail/Kaddressbook has a bug whereby it exports badly
formatted CSV if the values are quoted.
+ Gmail
+ -----
+ In the Gmail web interface you need to export your address book
+ as Outlook CSV format.
+
+ Run the script with the following options:
+
+ perl csv2addressbook.pl --type=gmail --csv=/full/path/to/file.csv
+
+ Addtionally you can use the option '--name="My address book"', if
+ you don't use this option the new Claws address book will be
+ called 'gmail address book'.
+
+ Fox Mail
+ --------
+ Export your Fox Mail address book as CSV with all possible headers.
+
+ Run the script with the following options:
+
+ perl csv2addressbook.pl --type=foxmail --csv=/full/path/to/file.csv
+
+ Addtionally you can use the option '--name="My address book"', if
+ you don't use this option the new Claws address book will be
+ called 'foxmail address book'.
+
You can also run the script with '--help' to get a brief usage message.
Contact: Paul Mangan <paul@claws-mail.org>