GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 204964
Need an addressbook importer/merger that reads in a Evolution native format addressbook file.
Last modified: 2013-09-13 00:47:00 UTC
Eventually, Evolution will have a large installed base. Since it takes a long time to populate an addressbook, it is likely that people will want to migrate or merge in addressbooks from multiple accounts/machines where they use Evolution. I have already run into this in testing.
Assigning these for 1.1
Because of the decision to remap 1.1->1.2 and 1.2->1.4, I'm going to be moving a large number of bugs around in the bugzilla. You can just search on 'body contains' 'Because of the decision to remap' and mark all as read. Please direct all questions about this change to evolution@ximian.com, not the bug. Luis
This can be done now (1.1.0.99) by selecting and saving as vcard.
Uh, this is not an acceptable solution. Who is going to sit around and export a ton of vcard files and then import them one at a time. There should be a batch method of doing this.
In 1.1.0.99: While in contacts: Edit/Select All then File/Save as vcard, default file name is 'list.vcf' and contains all contacts in vcf format (which in turn, can be imported into Evolution). Since you have to have the choice of exporting any number of contacts (not all everytime) and hence the selection step, I can't think of a better/simpler solution. If you do, please reopen.
Well, what would be great would be to have an "Export Address List" on the Contacts File menu right next to "Import". This item could cause all contacts to be written out using the mechanism you mention. Then, the Import menu item, which is already there, can be used for importing that information. Pretty straightforward, since the functionality is already there. Just remove the user hassle of having to select things and doing the export as vcard business. This is just a usability issue.
Let's ask Anna. Reassinginig.
Anna: ping?
exporting addressbooks still missing in evolution-2.1.3.2.0.200501160930-0.snap.ximian.10.1, importing only supports ldif and vcf.
adding interop keyword
evolution-addressbook-export is a tool for this purpose. You can export as vcard/csv and then import them as vcard. there is a tool for converting csv to vcard also there. I guess the solution is already there. This is a mass exported, so put as a seperate tool. you can see it in $PREFIX/libexec/evolution/2.4/evolution-addressbook-export I guess this solves your purpose. Im closing this as fixed.