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<font face="Calibri">Thunderbird has always imported Outlook
contacts as well as data using the outlook application using
windows DDE/MAPI technologies. A prerequisite is that the user
must have functional copy of outlook installed, even if it is a
trial type version. </font><font face="Calibri"><font
face="Calibri">Today on V78.8.1, I open the import wizard and
select address books, Outlook is offered as an import option
because I have Outlook installed. I would assume that as a
Linux user you get no access to outlook import of any sort as
MAPI is a windows technology, unless someone has implemented
some form of open source implementation.<br>
<br>
What you are asking for is native file import and that is <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153419">Bug
153419</a> it has been around for 19 years, and in the interim
Microsoft have release documentation of the file format so it is
technically possible to implement it. I do wonder however in a
world of IMAP accounts and online contacts if effort might be
better spent interfacing with the online presence via other
means. PST was always a propriety format that was not really
suitable for archival, but that has not stopped the misguided
using it as such. However I rarely see outlook contact import
questions in support as those that are transitioning have a good
option and those with PST files can purchase tools on the web to
convert their PST files to more open formats such as CSV and
mbox./eml<br>
<br>
I would not see this as a vision subject. However the vision
might be well placed to emphasis efforts/ priorities into things
that will benefit the majority of users as opposed to
discussions and efforts on subjects that affect a very small
minority for instance.<br>
<br>
Matt<br>
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On 25-Feb-21 8:27 AM, Óvári wrote:<br>
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<p>Hi Dirk and *,</p>
<p>Outlook contact import is not an enterprise feature for us. We
and other people who email with us have Outlook 2003, Outlook
2007, Outlook 2010, etc and all their emails and contacts are
stored in the *.pst file.<br>
</p>
<p>Thunderbird has an Outlook *.pst filetype <u>Email</u> import
feature; but Thunderbird does not have an Outlook *.pst filetype
<u>Contacts (AddressBook)</u> import feature.</p>
<p>We and others do <b>not</b> have Exchange.</p>
<p>The vision would be helping people, non-enterprise users, to
move all their Contacts (aka AddressBooks) from any version of
Microsoft Outlook to Thunderbird.<br>
</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>Óvári<br>
</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 22/2/21 6:30 pm, Dirk Steinmetz
(rsjtdrjgfuzkfg) wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:d75e8eca-615b-f651-ce12-73128af098df@rsjtdrjgfuzkfg.com">Hi
Óvári, <br>
<br>
> Any reason why you didn't state the specific Linux
distribution? <br>
Any reason you ask me directly and not publicly on the list? <br>
<br>
I did not include the distribution's name, as this was a
confidential request for cooperation. I do not know which parts
of the request are public or which ones are private, so I erred
on the side of not violating the trust of the party suggesting
the cooperation. <br>
<br>
If it is important to you, you could ask on the public mailing
list and hope that somebody who knows which parts are
confidential gives you a better reply. <br>
<br>
> Can you please help ship Thunderbird deb files <br>
I'm not Thunderbird's release engineer, and have no idea if and
how Debian packages are supported by Thunderbird's build
infrastructure. I do know, however, that you can use the
official tarballs under Debian-based operating systems. <br>
<br>
So you can just download the official build for Linux (.tar.bz2)
and use that instead of a Debian package, or ask in public to
get a reply from somebody more qualified than me ;) <br>
<br>
Regarding your second mail: the vision is not about any
features, but about what direction we want to go in (so
effectively, what guidelines we evaluate feature proposals
against). That being said, most people involved in any part of
the address book agree that it is bad and needs a rewrite no
matter what happens, so this will likely remain on the roadmap
no matter the result of the vision discussion. <br>
<br>
What could be part of a vision, though, is the split between
enterprise and private users. I read your mail as a vote for
more enterprise; if you feel strongly about that I suggest
publicly posting a vision snippet regarding
'enterprise-focused', 'drop-in replacement of proprietary tools'
or something else in that direction (whatever matches *your*
vision). If something like that ends up in the vision, features
like import from Exchange would likely gain relevance. <br>
<br>
Kind regards, <br>
Dirk / rsjtdrjgfuzkfg <br>
<br>
<br>
Am 22.02.21 um 07:57 schrieb Óvári: <br>
<blockquote type="cite">Hi Dirk, <br>
<br>
Any reason why you didn't state the specific Linux
distribution? <br>
<br>
Can you please help ship Thunderbird deb files that can be
incorporated into the default Linux Mint distribution so that
users will not be stuck on Thunderbird 68.10.0 until the next
Ubuntu LTS version is released in late 2022? <br>
<br>
Thank you <br>
<br>
Óvári <br>
<br>
P.S. Please feel free to pass this message to anyone. <br>
<br>
On 22/2/21 11:05 am, Dirk Steinmetz (rsjtdrjgfuzkfg) wrote: <br>
<blockquote type="cite">- There are discussions regarding a
potential cooperation regarding an issue that is specific to
a particular Linux distribution. </blockquote>
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