289574 - Can't import Address Book except from another email application.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 121725

(Thunderbird :: Address Book, enhancement)

Description

[J D Dantone]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050317 Firefox/1.0.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050317 Firefox/1.0.2

     I did a planned clean install of my OS, with all files backed up on another
HD, including my T'Bird Address Book. When I finished and began re-installing
applications, including T'Bird, the only options to import the address book
weren't very satisfactory. Importing from an email application didn't apply. The
option to import a file adds it to T'Bird, not as part of the Address Book, but
as a separate option? showing the filename I previously gave it. When I want to
add a sender to an email, clicking on the sender's name in that address book
does no good. I can see the names just as they were in the old address book, but
they just open up a Card when I click on one rather than add to the email as an
addressee.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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See above


Expected Results:  
     I would like to be able to import an address book from a file the same way
I import one from an email application. Now I am planning on typing the
addresses in individually instead.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

dupe of bug 121725 (importing Mozilla Adressbook files)

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 121725 ***