1178728 - can't import address book since version 38, when ANSI encoding and non-ascii (with utf-8 encodings it works)

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1188306

(Thunderbird :: Address Book, defect)

Description

[Mehlsender]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0
Build ID: 20150525141253

Steps to reproduce:

* Thunderbird Version: 38.0.1
* Operating system + version: Windows7 64bit
* Account type (POP / IMAP): IMAP
* Mailbox provider (for example, GMX):
* Sync add-on for online address ?: none
* Used antivirus software:
* Firewall (OS-internal / External Software):

Hello There,

I have since the introduction of the TB 38.0.1 the problem that I can´t import a new address book. I've tried pretty much all import outfits, I
get nothing imported.


Actual results:

Nothing - not even in the preview I can see something.


Expected results:

I have imported the contacts hundreds of times.
So I have experience with the topic.

Comment 1

[Mehlsender]

tab separated txt-file

Comment 2

[:aceman]

Can you attach a sample file (even with bogus censored data) so we can try it out?

Comment 3

[Robert Geißler]

Attachment: testfile.csv not working

testfile with one entry with ö in ANSI. not working in thunderbird 38

Comment 4

[Robert Geißler]

Attachment: testfile_utf.csv working

testfile with one entry with ö in UTF8. working in thunderbird 38

Comment 6

[mz-bugfix]

Export an adressbook in a TXT.File (tab-separated) and import the same TXT.file doesn't work with thunderbird 38.1.0 (Win 8.1).

It works, when I stored an Excel-TXT-File in UTF-8, like it is noticed above (Speichern unter > Tools > Weboptionen > Codierung > Unicoe (UTF-8))

Aditional quotas helped, too.

Normal Excel-txt-file export:

Name<tab>Vorname<tab>Anzeigename
Name1<tab>Vorname1<tab>A-Name1
Name2<tab>Vorname2<tab>A-Name2

Additinal quotas: the following manipulation in the TXT-file helped 

"Name"<tab>"Vorname"<tab>"Anzeigename"
"Name1"<tab>"Vorname1"<tab>"A-Name1"
"Name2"<tab>"Vorname2"<tab>"A-Name2"

To manipulate the txt-file with a makro in Excel look this tip (link):
http://www.pctipp.ch/tipps-tricks/kummerkasten/office/artikel/excel-2010-csv-export-mit-anfuehrungszeichen-59568/

Comment 9

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Forward duping this to bug 1188306