[ale] OT: e-mail address migration and LDAP format

James P. Kinney III jkinney at localnetsolutions.com
Sat Jan 10 10:21:42 EST 2004


Slurp in the .csv format into Mozilla then export it and use that file
for the Mac.

On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 04:59, John Mills wrote:
> ALErs -
> 
> Context: I am moving a friend's e-mail from Win98SE to Mac OS-X using the 
> native Mac OS-X e-mail reader.
> 
> Problem: e-mail application can import mailing lists in standard LDAP 
> format, ILDP or a similar name (sorry - I failed to note exactly). Outlook 
> Depress only exports its address book as 'csv' or an Ms Exchange format - 
> neither recognized by OS-X's 'Address Book' app.
> 
> Status: I captured a 'csv' copy which opens just fine in Linux spreadsheet
> apps, and I can save the file in typical spreadsheet formats, including
> something called 'interchange data format'.
> 
> Can someone suggest a path from here to ILDP/LDAP format?
> 
> TIA. I don't know if this is worth ALE space - private mail is also fine.
> 
>  - John Mills
>    john.m.mills at alum.mit.edu
> 
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