Closed Bug 630596 Opened 13 years ago Closed 13 years ago

Import VCF into Thunderbird

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Address Book, defect)

x86
Linux
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 79709

People

(Reporter: komputes, Unassigned)

References

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Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101206 Ubuntu/10.04 (lucid) Firefox/3.6.13
Build Identifier: 3.1.7+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1

Binary package hint: thunderbird

Import VCF into Thunderbird is a feature which is not built into thunderbird. Looking up "import vcf" in Thunderbird add-ons does not display any results. The only developer who has put together a method to import contacts from VCF is kaosmos with the extension MoreFunctionsForAddressBook
(formerly MoreColsForAddressBook).

I do not understand why this is not a feature built into thunderbird.

The bug I faced when importing a vcf file from kabc (kaddressbook/kontact/kmail) is that contacts were transfered over, but mailing lists (grouped contacts) were lost. Not sure how to report this to "MoreFunctionsForAddressBook" as it is not made available by mozilla or through repositories.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: thunderbird 3.1.7+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-25.44-generic 2.6.35.10
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-25-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Feb 1 11:19:29 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_CA.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: thunderbird

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Address Book > Tools > Import
Actual Results:  
VCF is not a supported format 

Expected Results:  
VCF should be a supported format. 

kaosmos add-ons/extentions should be used by mozilla. Many of these should be built into thunderbird.
This is already implement in current trunk of Thunderbird.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 13 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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