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Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv

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Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> wrote:
>On 4/26/21 2:18 PM, this is what Adam H. Kerman wrote:

>>This may be of some use to a Thunderbird user as the addressbook is
>>either maintained or exportable as vcf. If it's exportable directly as
>>csv, never mind.

>>I received a new cell phone last week. The old cell phone is not
>>designed to export its addressbook. It was a cheap cell phone I got on
>>an emergency basis after washing the previous cell phone in the laundry.
>>I was going to hang on to it until I got a smart phone. Years later, I
>>finally got the smart phone.

>>The addressbook is large.

>>I intend to create a database or spreadsheet on the desktop computer and
>>enter each contact.

>>On the new smart phone, I was able to export a small addressbook as vcf,
>>then copy it to the desktop computer. I then found this helpful macro to
>>translate vcf to csv or xls so I can use a spreadsheet manager.

>>https://sourceforge.net/projects/bulkvcftocsv/

>>If this is useful to a Thunderbird user, I'm mentioning it, but if
>>Thunderbird already has the ability to export its addressbook as csv,
>>this is unnecessary.

>You mention putting the data in a database.  I wouldn't double entry. 
>If the phone is using a gmail.com email address it is linked to an 
>online gmail account you can access from the desktop.  If you import
>into that database, then you basically are importing it to the phone
>too.

The old cell phone is not designed to export its addressbook.

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Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-26 18:18 +0000
  Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-26 14:32 -0400
    Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-26 20:09 +0100
      Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-26 16:23 -0400
    Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-26 19:39 +0000
      Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-26 16:23 -0400
        Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-27 00:53 +0000
      Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2021-04-27 07:27 +0100
        Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Dave Royal<dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-27 07:58 +0000
          Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2021-04-27 20:45 +0100
            Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2021-04-27 20:47 +0100
        Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-27 15:33 +0100
        Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-27 16:50 +0000
          Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-27 19:56 +0000
            Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Dave Royal<dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-27 20:32 +0000
              Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-27 17:06 -0400
                Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-27 21:26 +0000
                Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-27 17:58 -0400
                Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-27 22:46 +0000
                Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-28 19:01 +0100
                Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Dave Royal<dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-28 07:01 +0000
              Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-28 18:46 +0100
            Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-28 08:18 +0100

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