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  Thunderbird Gmail contacts autocomplete FromTheRafters <erratic@nomail.afraid.org> - 2021-04-27 08:00 -0500
    Re: Thunderbird Gmail contacts autocomplete Boris Dorestand <bdorestand@example.com> - 2021-04-27 10:32 -0300
    Re: Thunderbird Gmail contacts autocomplete Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2021-04-27 10:44 -0400
      Re: Thunderbird Gmail contacts autocomplete FromTheRafters <erratic@nomail.afraid.org> - 2021-04-28 19:34 -0500
    Re: Thunderbird Gmail contacts autocomplete Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-27 16:04 +0100

#139064 — Thunderbird Gmail contacts autocomplete

I moved from the web to thunderbird for my Gmail account.

All my contacts didn't "come over" for "autocomplete."

Is there a way to get the same autocomplete on TB that the web Gmail has?

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#139067

FromTheRafters <erratic@nomail.afraid.org> writes:

> I moved from the web to thunderbird for my Gmail account.
>
> All my contacts didn't "come over" for "autocomplete."
>
> Is there a way to get the same autocomplete on TB that the web Gmail has?

I'm sure people here will give you much better information, but, while
nobody replies, try to export your contacts at Gmail and I'm sure
Thunderbird will give you some options to import it.

Take note of the following new groups on AIOE.org:

  alt.comp.software.thunderbird
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#139074

FromTheRafters wrote:
> I moved from the web to thunderbird for my Gmail account.
> 
> All my contacts didn't "come over" for "autocomplete."
> 
> Is there a way to get the same autocomplete on TB that the web Gmail has?

Have you done all the rubbish in here ?

https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-export-your-gmail-contacts-1171992

The VCard format has been around for yonks, but I don't
really know which of the formats collects fragments of
contacts (not fully filled out ones, only received
email addresses, that sort of thing). I don't really
use Contacts, so have no experience with them.

    Paul

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#139154

Paul used his or her keyboard to write :

> Have you done all the rubbish in here ?
> https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-export-your-gmail-contacts-1171992

I read that web page and followed the instructions
First I logged into Google using a web browser 
Then I went to the link https://contacts.google.com/
I pressed the "apps" menu (9 dots in a square)
I clicked on "Contacts" in the resulting menu
At the left I clicked on "Export"
Up came an "Export contacts" form

The choices were "Selected contacts" or all "Contacts" and the export
choices were "Google CSV", "Outlook CSV", or "vCard (for iOS Contacts)."

Who even knew there's such a thing as each of those? ;-->
Google CSV -> default character encoding
Outlook CSV -> Unicode character encoding

In the latest Thunderbird (78.10.0) I couldn't find the import button.
Looking it up I found this
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1148490 
which refers to this
https://www.lifewire.com/import-gmail-contacts-to-thunderbird-1173152
Both of which recommend "Outlook CSV" format (for whatever reason)
and both of which are dated as the Thunderbird menus aren't the same.

In Thunderbird I pressed "Tools -> Import" and switched the default from
"Import Everything" to "Address Books" and then I selected the "vCard file
(.vcf)" selection instead of the "Text file (LDIF, .tab, .csv, .txt)"
selection suggested in the articles and then browsed to the vcf file
"Exported GMail Address Book.vcf"

In Thunderbird that created a third separate address book of the same name
as the file exported from Google GMail web browser.
 Personal Address Book
 Exported GMail Address Book
 Collected Addresses

Now the autocomplete works!
Thanks to all who helped out!

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#139075

FromTheRafters wrote:

> I moved from the web to thunderbird for my Gmail account.
> 
> All my contacts didn't "come over" for "autocomplete."
> 
> Is there a way to get the same autocomplete on TB that the web Gmail has?

from <https://contacts.google.com> you can export as csv or vcard 
format, and in thunderbird/tools/address book, you can import from 
either of those formats, not sure which will give best results?

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