How do I import my address book from from Thunderbird to Kmail in Hardy?

[lanzen]

Hello Steve,

sorry I couldn't reply earlier. I don't have much time to catch up with
my mails these days.

You wrote:

> First I have KDE 3.5.10. Hope that doesn't make too much difference.  
> Soon I will have KDE 4, because I am building a new computer 64 bit.

Ok, that should be all right. I think I did that when I started using
kde, so I'll try to pin point the steps I went through.

> I do not know how to export or know what a vcf is, or import or how to 
> import in Kmail from vcf.

I will not explain what vcf is. I guess wikipidia can give you a better 
explanation. ;-)

1. Open Thunderbird and then its address book. You can do it by 
clicking   on the icon or by the "Ctrl+2" keyboard shortcut.

2. Now you should see the address book. Click on your address book to 
select it if it's not already. The name usually is "Personal Address 
Book" if you haven't changed it. Now right click it and a menu comes up. 
Select "Export as vcf". Now, in the next window (Addressbook element 
export") next to "Location" - if you can't see it click on the notebook 
icon on the top left - choose a name you like (I'd put "TB-add-book") 
and click on The Open button on the bottom right. A folder will be 
created in you home directory and it will have inside a 
"Personal_Address_Book.vcf" file.

3. Close all Thunderbird windows and open KMail.

4. Tools -> Address book

5. Now you see Kmail's "address book browser" window... Make sure "Wiew 
-> Address Book" is selected. If it isn't, please do.

Now you have two choices:
A - You have an empty address book and you want to fill it
B - You want a new address book and you want to keep it where it is.


A.6. "File -> Import -> Import vCard".  Browse to the dir you saved 
previously, open it and select the saved file.

Done!

Else

B.6. Click on the green cross - it might be different if your icons are 
not similar to mine, I don't know, but it's an add sign anyway - and 
select "Directory" -> "ok" and next browse to the dir you save 
previously ("TB-add-book" we called it) and click Ok. Done.

> It must seem like you are trying to help a rock.  Little by little I 
> learn, though.
> 
> If it isn't too much trouble could you be a little more specific on how 
> I do what you just suggested.  Thanks friend,

I've tried my best, I hope, but if you still have problems, let us know.
Of course there are other ways to do it, but I'll stop here or it will 
be confusing.

Hope it helps,

-- 
lanzen