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   Ralph Fox to David Gee   
   Re: Importing / Exporting Address Books   
   13 Nov 05 05:20:13   
   
   From: ralphfralphf@xtraxtra.coco.nznz.undo-echo.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 01:25:49 GMT, in message   
    , David Gee wrote:   
      
   > I need to convert one of my Netscape 7.1 address books (in *.mab format)   
   > into an Outlook Express-compatible file.   
   > But the OE doesn't recognize the .mab format of NS7.1; in fact, it   
   > doesn't recognize any NS version after 4.x.   
   >   
   > It promises to recognize and import address boks in LDIF - LDAP Data   
   > Interchange Format or a Text File (Comma Separated Values) format, but I   
   > can't find a way to convert the .mab into either one of those.   
      
      
   1.  In NS7, "Window -> Address Book" will bring up the address book window.   
      
   2.  From the address book window, look at "Tools -> Export...".   
       Export options include both LDIF and CSV (Comma Separated Values).   
      
      
   > Any advice will be much appreciated!   
      
   3.  The CSV (Comma Separated Values) format does not support mailing   
       lists.  If you have any of these in your address book and you   
       want to include them, then LDIF would be better., so if you have   
      
      
      
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