Import email fromWindows OutlookExpressto Ubuntu

[Rashkae]

Xurxo F. wrote:

> 
> And my 2 cents to import your contacts from Outlook Express.
>>From OE to Thunderbird. Just import them to windows thunderbird and then
> you can export the thunderbird file to your thunderbird linux (not much
> of a deal). You lose the middle name of your contacts
>>From OE to Evolution. This one was harder to find but you get all the
> data. 
> 1. Just select all contacts, click on them and without releasing the
> button drop them in a folder somewhere. You will get a vcf file for each
> contact. 
> 2. Take them to Linux.
> 3. Merge the VCF (it should be something like cp *.vcf merged.vcf)
> 4. Import the merged.csv file into Evolution. You will get all your
> contacts plus all the metadata.
> 

That's a great tip, thanks!

Just a quick correction, the command in step 3 should be
cat *.vcf merged.vcf