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    can't import contacts in pst to thunderbird

    Hi friends,

    I use outlook at my office. I exported all the contacts to .pst format. I installed readpst utility and converted pst's to vcard format. When I look at the format, the format looks fine. But when I try to import it to thunderbird, only the first contact is getting imported.
    Can anyone please help?

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    Re: can't import contacts in pst to thunderbird

    Does it have to be in .pst format. Have you tried .csv ?

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    Re: can't import contacts in pst to thunderbird

    Quote Originally Posted by rslater View Post
    Does it have to be in .pst format. Have you tried .csv ?
    how can I export contacts from Outlook using csv format? I think .pst is only option.

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    Re: can't import contacts in pst to thunderbird

    Quote Originally Posted by c2tarun View Post
    how can I export contacts from Outlook using csv format? I think .pst is only option.

    http://email.about.com/od/outlooktip...cts_to_CSV.htm
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    Re: can't import contacts in pst to thunderbird


    I tried exporting to csv and importing in thunderbird, its not working, I am getting empty contacts. Anysolution?

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    Re: can't import contacts in pst to thunderbird

    Quote Originally Posted by mike555 View Post

    does this software work? I tried converting pst using readpst and it didn't worked. This app states that it is based on readpst.

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    Re: can't import contacts in pst to thunderbird

    well after nothing worked I tried a stupid and drudgery solution, but it worked

    I installed thunderbird inside WinXP of my VM. Then I used my office csv file to import contacts to Outlook of my VM and then thunderbird synced all the contacts from outlook. I then exported all the contacts form thunderbird to ldif format and then used that file to import contacts to my linux thunderbird

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    Re: can't import contacts in pst to thunderbird

    Quote Originally Posted by c2tarun View Post
    well after nothing worked I tried a stupid and drudgery solution, but it worked

    I installed thunderbird inside WinXP of my VM. Then I used my office csv file to import contacts to Outlook of my VM and then thunderbird synced all the contacts from outlook. I then exported all the contacts form thunderbird to ldif format and then used that file to import contacts to my linux thunderbird
    I had a similar situation and finally got all the contacts in my Thunderbird Address book and worked out fine. I did find that when my email crashed I had no address book, so after you get your address book made in Thunderbird export it to a USB stick and keep it updated, then it is very easy to import it back into Thunderbird.

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