Re: [TCLUG:6218] csv contacts?

[David Guy Brizan <dbrizan@mr.net>]

> Netscape's import functionality seems not to work [....]

FWIW -- Netscape's import works only if you have all the "columns" in
the input mapped. (I was banging my head for weeks on that one!)

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David Guy Brizan          brizan@freenet.msp.mn.us          612-814-8223


Neal Tovsen wrote:
> 
> So I'm on a mission to attempt using Linux as my primary desktop OS,
> right? I've been using it mostly as my SOHO server for almost three
> years and have been  waiting for the day
> when it can really do most/all of the things I need on the desktop. I'm
> *almost* there!
> 
> I use Microsoft Outlook 98 at work. I also (*gasp*) own an HPC running
> Windows CE, which I (*double-gasp*) rather like for various reasons. This
> obviously works MS-winderfully (which is kind of like Smurfaliciously) at
> home if I want to run Windows 95/98, and
> doesn't leave me with a heck of a lot of choices if I want to run Linux.
> If I were a crack C programmer, I might write something, but alas.
> 
> I'm OK with not fully synchronizing my CE device. I can put the thing on
> the network and copy whatever files I want anyway. The one thing I simply
> MUST have if I am to run Linux as a desktop OS is my contact/address list.
> Outlook alows me to export comma (or tab) delimited text files (CSV).
> Anybody know of a good mail client/address book that will import them?
> Netscape's import functionality seems not to work, and none of the other
> programs I've seen has it, either.
> 
> Someone, help me in my quest!
> 
> TIA
> ~Neal
> 
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