edward wrote:
> Greetings
> In Mandriva 2008.1 i586
> How do I import a list of email addresses received by email into gmail
> addressbook
> I tried to copy list that came in .csv onto kwrite and save it, and then
> tried to import it. It did import 28 items, with no "details" (names and
> addresses).
> Any suggestions will be appreciated

Contact Goggle help?

jim b.

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Disclaimer: I haven't done this, I've just looked at gmail & Kontact

edward wrote:

> In Mandriva 2008.1 i586
> How do I import a list of email addresses received by email into gmail
> addressbook

'received by email' - does that mean using the kmail kontact contacts or
does that mean something else? What have you received the email with
addresses into, kmail? Have you added the addresses of the mail you have
received into the addressbook?

You need to have the eml addresses in an addressbook application such as
kontact's so that you can export them from there as a .csv file, then you
import that .csv into gmail. When you export them from the
addressbook/kontacts, the file will be saved as addressbook.csv. You can
import that file into gmail using its import function.

> I tried to copy list that came in .csv onto kwrite and save it, and then
> tried to import it. It did import 28 items, with no "details" (names and
> addresses).

I don't know what any part of that par means; neither the 1st nor the 2nd
sentences. You would have to say it all over again using some other words
or phrases to help me or perhaps others understand. I can't see any
reason you would be 'copy list/.csv into kwrite'.



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On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:55:06 +0000, edward wrote:

> How do I import a list of email addresses received by email into gmail
> addressbook

I've just had the same problem. Having exported my contacts from
KMail's addressbook as addressbook.csv, I then imported it into
Googlemail.

All the Google mail 'contacts' lines then show 'Unnamed', but if
I click on an entry it does show the contact info, but it is all under
'Notes', rather then in the 'name' and 'email address' boxes.

If I then edit an entry and move those info's into the right box, it
all works, but I hope there's a better way than that!

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Maurice Batey wrote:

> All the Google mail 'contacts' lines then show 'Unnamed', but if
> I click on an entry it does show the contact info, but it is all under
> 'Notes', rather then in the 'name' and 'email address' boxes.
>
> If I then edit an entry and move those info's into the right box, it
> all works, but I hope there's a better way than that!

The optimal (simple) way for an addressbook to hold addresses is based on
firstname, lastname, emailaddy. Then the addressbook can display as first
lastname, lastname comma firstname, etc.

If you haven't entered the addresses in that first-last
segregation/stipulated way, you aren't going to get the best results.

Kmail's addressbook allows you to enter a name with: honorific prefixes,
given name, additional names, family name, honorific suffixes -- way more
..cvs slots than you need.

If necessary, gmail tells you how to edit a .cvs file with the equivalent
of excel http://mail.google.com/support/bin/a...y?answer=12119
Creating or editing CSV files - Spreadsheet programs like Microsoft Excel
make it easy to create and edit CSV files. - Your CSV file should be
formatted as a table and must include a header, or first line, that
defines the fields in your table. Gmail accepts many common header fields
(name, email address, etc.). ... If you'd rather, you can also use
separate fields for the first, middle, and last names, like this:

All of my addressbook entries have firstname lastname email.


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On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:42:47 -0700, Mike Easter wrote:

> Creating or editing CSV files - Spreadsheet programs like Microsoft Excel
> make it easy to create and edit CSV files. - Your CSV file should be
> formatted as a table and must include a header, or first line, that
> defines the fields in your table.

Thanks for that, Mike. However, looking at the addressbook.csv file
from KMail (using OpenOffice), I can see no clear way of reducing the
number of entries to just leave the 3 main fields that GMail looks
for.
(There are 147 entries...)

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On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:20:59 +0100, Maurice Batey wrote:

> On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:42:47 -0700, Mike Easter wrote:
>
>> Creating or editing CSV files - Spreadsheet programs like Microsoft
>> Excel make it easy to create and edit CSV files. - Your CSV file
>> should be formatted as a table and must include a header, or first
>> line, that defines the fields in your table.
>
> Thanks for that, Mike. However, looking at the addressbook.csv file
> from KMail (using OpenOffice), I can see no clear way of reducing the
> number of entries to just leave the 3 main fields that GMail looks for.
> (There are 147 entries...)

ISTR that Thunderbird allows one to specify which fields one wants to
import from a CSV file, so you perhaps could try using Thunderbird as a
filter?

On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:39:34 +0200, Mark Madsen wrote:

> Perhaps could try using Thunderbird as a filter?

That's an idea! However, as I'm about to set off for Sicily, I've
gone through the contacts imported into Google Mail and edited those
I might need in internet cafes next week to give the relevant info in
the right boxes.

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On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:01:17 +0100, Maurice Batey wrote:

> On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:39:34 +0200, Mark Madsen wrote:
>
>> Perhaps could try using Thunderbird as a filter?
>
> That's an idea! However, as I'm about to set off for Sicily, I've
> gone through the contacts imported into Google Mail and edited those I
> might need in internet cafes next week to give the relevant info in the
> right boxes.

Sometimes it's quicker to do it manually :-)

Have a nice time in Sicily. It snowed in Switzerland today, hope it's
warmer where you're going.

On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:25:52 +0200, Mark Madsen wrote:

> hope it's warmer where you're going.

Forecast is for around 24oC (10-18 overnight), though not too much
sun, and a couple of showery days.

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