> > > > > > Thank you. I just now saw your reply here. Yes, someone else also > > > suggested this to me on the Ubuntu Support Forum. I tried it, and it > > > worked-- to a certain extent. That is to say, it did bring in all the > > > addresses. But the main problem is, that it did not retain the way in > > > which the addresses were organized. There are a large number of > > > addresses, but they are kept in six different mailing lists. And now all > > > the addresses are just listed singly in the Evolution address book. > > > Which is not much help to me, as I need the mailing lists. It would be a > > > massive job to reorganize all those addresses by hand into their > > > respective mailing lists. If it were to be like that, I could have just > > > manually pasted each address into the Evolution address book myself and > > > it would have taken just as look. There must be a way to do the import > > > in such a way that the mailing lists are maintained. > > > > > > I did the import using csv. Do you think it would be any better if I did > > > it via LDIF? Or will I still face the same problem? > > > > Probably. > > > > Evo is doing as you requested: importing the addresses into your > > addressbook. There is no information in either csv or ldif about > > mailing lists - or contact lists as Evolution calls them.
Actually I was wrong - the LDIF format does contain information about address lists and it does import them properly into Evo. > > (1) Export each of my mailing lists from Thunderbird as a separate file? > > When I open Thunderbird and open the address book, and go to its tools > -> Export window, there seems to be only the option to export the entire > address book. > > Perhaps the way to do it would be to create a separate address book for > each mailing list? And then export the address book? If that is the way > to do it, then I need to find out how to create another address book and > copy and paste the mailing list to it. If this is the proper approach > and you know how, then kindly guide me. File -> New -> Address book Then drag the mailing list into the new address book and export it. > > (2) When I do the import into Evo, I should import each list as a > separate address book. How do I do that? > > Here are the instructions I know for doing an import of addresses: > > In Evolution, > * Go to Contacts Window View > * Click File --> Import > * Go ahead and select "import a single file" option when asked > * Select the file we created when exporting from Thunderbird > * Then import the contacts > > So, where in this sequence do I select that I want the addresses to go > into a separate address book? Create the address book first (File -> New -> Address book) then it asks you towards the end where to import the file to. P. _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
