Importing Thunderbird contacts into Windows Vista Contacts

I am having problems importing contacts into Vista Contacts.

I tried 2 things :

1/ LDIF
I exported my contacts in Thunderbird under an LDIF format.
I then imported this LDIF file within Contacts
The import stops 1/5 of the way, simply saying that there is an error
in the contacts, and it stays stuck

2/ CVS
I exported my contacts in Thunderbird under a CVS file
I then tried to import the file within Contacts but cannot do the
mapping:
- all column headings are lumped together, with plenty of ","
- all accentuated caracters are replaced by squares

Also, with the LDIF method, 50 contacts out of 300 were imported. In
these imported contacts, all accentuated caracters were replaced by
symbols.

I opened the CVS file in Microsoft Excel: everything is fine.

Any solution to this import problem?
Thanks


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Phileas wrote:
> I am having problems importing contacts into Vista Contacts.
>
> I tried 2 things :
>
> 1/ LDIF
> I exported my contacts in Thunderbird under an LDIF format.
> I then imported this LDIF file within Contacts
> The import stops 1/5 of the way, simply saying that there is an error
> in the contacts, and it stays stuck
>
> 2/ CVS
> I exported my contacts in Thunderbird under a CVS file
> I then tried to import the file within Contacts but cannot do the
> mapping:
> - all column headings are lumped together, with plenty of ","
> - all accentuated caracters are replaced by squares
>
> Also, with the LDIF method, 50 contacts out of 300 were imported. In
> these imported contacts, all accentuated caracters were replaced by
> symbols.
>
> I opened the CVS file in Microsoft Excel: everything is fine.
>
> Any solution to this import problem?
> Thanks
>
>


If no luck here try alt.fan.mozilla

"fatsteve" <> wrote in message
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>
> If no luck here try alt.fan.mozilla

Why would you direct the OP to an "alt" newsgroup when there are Official
Mozilla Forums AND newsgroups?

Gordon wrote:
>
> "fatsteve" <> wrote in message
> news:4a55e17d$0$2843$...
>>
>> If no luck here try alt.fan.mozilla
>
> Why would you direct the OP to an "alt" newsgroup when there are
> Official Mozilla Forums AND newsgroups?

Because there are helpful people there.

"fatsteve" <> wrote in message
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> Gordon wrote:
>>
>> "fatsteve" <> wrote in message
>> news:4a55e17d$0$2843$...
>>>
>>> If no luck here try alt.fan.mozilla
>>
>> Why would you direct the OP to an "alt" newsgroup when there are Official
>> Mozilla Forums AND newsgroups?
>
> Because there are helpful people there.

But "alt" groups are NOTORIOUS for being places where there is
disinformation and all sorts of rubbish.
There MAY be helpful people there, but I re-iterate, there are OFFICIAL
Mozilla forums and newsgroups where the REALLY knowledgeable people hang
out.

Gordon wrote:
>
> "fatsteve" <> wrote in message
> news:4a55eec7$0$2843$...
>> Gordon wrote:
>>>
>>> "fatsteve" <> wrote in message
>>> news:4a55e17d$0$2843$...
>>>>
>>>> If no luck here try alt.fan.mozilla
>>>
>>> Why would you direct the OP to an "alt" newsgroup when there are
>>> Official Mozilla Forums AND newsgroups?
>>
>> Because there are helpful people there.
>
> But "alt" groups are NOTORIOUS for being places where there is
> disinformation and all sorts of rubbish.
> There MAY be helpful people there, but I re-iterate, there are OFFICIAL
> Mozilla forums and newsgroups where the REALLY knowledgeable people hang
> out.


Well then let him know where they are instead of bashing my suggestion.

Thanks for the suggestion. Yet, why would this be a problem with
mozilla? To me, it seems that this is a problem with Windows Contacts
which cannot correstly import extended characters, or?
I did check the export file from Thunderbird: all the accents are in
place, properly. The "squares" only appear later during the Windows
Contacts import process. Has anyone succeeded in importing correctly
contacts with extended characters in Windows Contacts?
Alternatively, would you know of a way to transform contacts in a CSV
file into a VCARD file?

quote=Gordon;1426717]"fatsteve" <> wrote in message
news:4a55eec7$0$2843$...
> Gordon wrote:
>>
>> "fatsteve" <> wrote in message
>> news:4a55e17d$0$2843$...
>>>
>>> If no luck here try alt.fan.mozilla
>>
>> Why would you direct the OP to an "alt" newsgroup when there are
Official
>> Mozilla Forums AND newsgroups?
>
> Because there are helpful people there.

But "alt" groups are NOTORIOUS for being places where there is
disinformation and all sorts of rubbish.
There MAY be helpful people there, but I re-iterate, there are OFFICIAL
Mozilla forums and newsgroups where the REALLY knowledgeable people
hang
out.


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On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:35:31 +0100, "Gordon" <>
wrote:

>But "alt" groups are NOTORIOUS for being places where there is
>disinformation and all sorts of rubbish.

You mean like this group?

On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:13:02 +0100, Phileas
<> wrote:

>
>Thanks for the suggestion. Yet, why would this be a problem with
>mozilla? To me, it seems that this is a problem with Windows Contacts
>which cannot correstly import extended characters, or?
>I did check the export file from Thunderbird: all the accents are in
>place, properly. The "squares" only appear later during the Windows
>Contacts import process. Has anyone succeeded in importing correctly
>contacts with extended characters in Windows Contacts?
>Alternatively, would you know of a way to transform contacts in a CSV
>file into a VCARD file?


I agree that it's a windows issue.

If you have an XP machine available, you might want to try to import
to the Outlook Express (WAB) format first. If that works, export it
out to another format and try importing that in Vista Mail/Contacts.

"+Bob+" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:35:31 +0100, "Gordon" <>
> wrote:
>
>>But "alt" groups are NOTORIOUS for being places where there is
>>disinformation and all sorts of rubbish.
>
> You mean like this group?
>

ROTFL!