--- On Tue, 23/11/10, Robert Schetterer <rob...@schetterer.org> wrote:
> From: Robert Schetterer <rob...@schetterer.org> > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Trying to populate dovecot with outlook contacts > To: dovecot@dovecot.org > Date: Tuesday, 23 November, 2010, 13:22 > Am 23.11.2010 11:48, schrieb Spyros > Tsiolis: > > Hello, > > > > What the subject says. > > I am trying, that is. > > OK, here's the story. > > Users very lazy. Don't want to write down their > contact details > > from scratch. > > Here's what I thought : > > > > migrate (export?) contacts from outlook to mozilla > thunderbird. > > Then find a way to make thunderbird "talk" to dovecot, > so that > > the latter can import the contact details from mozilla > tb. > > > > Any ideas ? Will it work ? Am I ranting ? :-) > > > > Thank you all, > > that has nothing to do with dovecot which is an imap / pop3 > server > export adresses from outlook to your prefered file format > i.e ldif, > csv , import it in thunderbird > > > the whole stuff might be wizzarided yet, as far i rembember > thunderbird > ask for import stuff from outlook at first start, whatever > for autoconfig servername ports etc with > thunderbird/outlook ( up to > 2007 ) propagate some stuff in dns anf have right xml > entries on some > webserver > > other possibility configure horde webmail as syncml server > use funambol plugins in outlook ,export sync contacts to > horde, sync them > with thunderbird later from horde, as well as with i.e > some > android/iphone/blackberry > > if using horde dev 4 you can try active sync too, > or use zarafa, funambol etc > > at last no dovecot job, as long you dont use i.e some kolab > extension > etc with using imap folder for contacts > > > > > s. > > > > > > > > > > ---- > > "I merely function as a channel that filters > > music through the chaos of noise" > > - Vangelis > > > > > > > > > -- > Best Regards > > MfG Robert Schetterer > > Germany/Munich/Bavaria Chaps, FYI, after a _lot_ of running around and trying to find a solution to this, I have a pretty straightforward solution. So here it is in case someone has the same issue and would like to solve it asap : Before proceeding any further, I would like say that my subject is wrong. It should say "Trying to migrate outlook mail and contacts to thunderbird". So with this subject, I proceed :-) : If you have an outlook client and would like to migrate to thunderbird and you have a windows environment with outlook (office) 2007 : First, run thunderbird directly. Sometimes, just like that, when you start thunderbird (preferably v3.1.5 onwards), it imports _everything_ from outlook 2007 no questions asked. It shows a migration wizard with a list of possible MUAs. Most definitely outlook express is going to be there and outlook if you are lucky enough. If you are _not_ lucky enough and "outlook" is _not_ displayed on the list : click on start -> run -> msimn (that's the executable for outlook express). Outlook Express will ask you if you have a profile from outlook and would like to import. Say "yes". It doesn't matter if you make a successful import (sometimes it hangs, just like that). Close it. Preferably reboot and re-start the thunderbird MUA. Go to tools -> import and this time round the menu will also show (amongst other MUAs) the "outook" option. Choose it. Now you will have _all_ your messages imported from outlook 2007 to thunderbird ! :-) The procedure for importing outlook 2000/2002/2003 data to thunderbird is more straight-forward. All you have to do is start installing tb and everything will be done automatically. If you have any issues, let me know. I can try and help you. I just started up thunderbird version 3.1.7 on my Linux Mint v9.0 partition, entered the appropriate data for my imap account and it worked like a charm. It started downloading everything automatically. (I had the same thunderbird version on my win-32 partition with all my mail and contacts and did the initial migration there). Dovecot Rules ! :-) HTH, spyros ---- "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
