Import Mozilla Thunderbird vCard to Outlook

Mozilla thunderbird is an Email, news group, news feed chat client, in short we can say email client. User’s felt requirement continuously to switch their contacts to other mail client because earlier there was a drop down case with Mozilla Thunderbird. Here I have encloses the details regarding Export Mozilla Thunderbird Vcard to Outlook. Mozilla thunderbird an open source email client, does not directly support vcf. For this a free Thunderbird add-on is present that allows import and export of vcard and later on these vcard can easily be import to MS Outlook.

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED

1- Download the free add-on available on the internet.

2- Now open the Mozilla Thunderbird. Click the Tools Option and then Add-Ons, now click on the install option.

3- Now double click the MoreFunctionsForAddressBook XPI file you downloaded.

4- Now click on InstallNow option and after that click on Restart Mozilla Thunderbird when installation gets completed.

5- Now select the Address Book option. Mark the address book you want to export in the Address Book panel and after that Click on Tools option and select MoreFunctionsForAddressBook.

6- Now click on Actions for Address Books and click on Export as VCF. Provide the specific name for the vcf file and then save it.


After the vcard is save in the given location, you can easily export the Mozilla thunderbird vcard to MS Outlook

Firstly Download the Specific Feature containing Third party Software

Features Required

1- Capability to import multiple vcard contacts to MS Outlook.

2- Integity has to be maintained.

3- Support Upto vCard version 2.1 to 3.0 (version 4.0 can be avoided as there is few changes are there which can be bear).

4- Able to import multiple email-id’s and phone numbers.

If you are importing vcard to MS Outlook from Mozilla, installation of MS Outlook becomes mandatory.

Now look for the third party software having such feature and install it.

Eudora vCard to Outlook

Eudora mail client used in an Apple Macintosh and windows operating system, but no longer in development. Eudora use to stores its nickname in a format which cannot be easily shared with other application. As Eudora mail client becomes outdated, users of it want to export their contacts to other mail client. Here I have enclose the details of conversion from Eudora to Outlook, as Outlook is quite famous among the maximum numbers of people. Using the third party tool is the convenient way to convert Eudora to Outlook.

Best Tool Features is listed below

1- It not only convert Eudora vcard to Outlook but also many email clients to outlook like Mozilla thunderbird to Outlook etc.

2- Import multiple vcard contacts to Outlook.

3- Vcard version 2.1 and 3.0 are supported.

4- You can export multiple Eudora vcards emails and contacts.

5- Also Batch import vcard files is possible.

So if you are looking for Eudora vcard to Outlook, consider the third party tool for effectiveness.

INSTRUCTION TO BE FOLLOWED

1- Open the Eudora mail client and select the mail you want to export which you can easily locate on the mailbox window. List of mails are present in the mailbox.

2- Selected Mail can then be exported by clicking on option of File menu, where the option of Save As will be present, select the option and browse the location where you want to save the file.

3- If you want to include header of the mail, which contains the basic information like date, sender and recipient, click on the option of Include Header.

4- Now click the save option, your all selected message will be converted into the plain text, which can easily be readable by any computer.

5- Now select the plain text file, using third party tool and proceed the instruction step by step. Your Eudora vcard to Outlook Conversion can easily be performed.

Migrate Android vCard Contacts to Iphone

Accidents are inevitable and that leads us towards the damage. Here I have discuss the problem faced while migrating the damage android phone vCard contacts to iPhone. Firstly we need to back up the android contacts, consider the following steps. 

1- In android phone, open the contacts.

2- Touch on the phone MENU button and then select IMPORT/EXPORT.

3- Now, select the export to USB or export to SD card depending on the android phone. This action will export the phone contacts to a single vCard on your phone memory.

4- Now click on the export and wait until the selected contacts gets backed up.

5- Connect your phone to the pc through USB cable, new drive will pop up within the computer and then select the required drive in which you had copied the vcard.

6- Copy the vcard that is created either in a SD card or in a phone memory, drag the vcard from there to desktop.

7- Connect your iPod to your computer via USB cable.

8- In iTunes, put your iPod into disk mode.

9- Open your iPod in finder. It should appear in the sidebar of a new finder window under service.

10-Open the contacts on the ipod and drag the created vcard into it.

Following these steps you can easily covert android contacts to iphone.

http://www.vcardconverter.net/

Import vCard From Android to Outlook

Today market scenario is totally based on OUTLOOK, so here I had discloses the details of how you can migrate your vcf files into outlook. As outlook is quite famous among organization and for the personal’s use. I had also discloses the real scenario problem and its solution related to conversion of vcard to outlook.

SCENARIO

I want to import vcard contacts into outlook from my HTC DESIRE android phone by following the steps given below.

1-Go on your address book (contacts) and select contacts tab.

2-Touch the menu icon (touch screen) to open the menu.

3- Select the import/export option.

4- Click export to SD card.

5- Copy the exported file from SD card (name must be like 000.vcf) to your desktop.

6-Run Import Vcard software to import.

IMAGES SHOWING IMPORT/EXPORT OPTION IN ANDROID PHONE

FEATURES OF IMPORT VCARD

1- Import multiple vcard contacts to outlook PST file.

2- Multiple Import options like save in PST, New outlook Profile/Existing PST.

3- Version 2.0, 3.0 and some part of vcard version 4.0 supported.

4- Import Vcards contacts containing multiple email id’s and phone numbers.



A- Select the import option

B- Browse for folder (where we had kept the vcf file).

C- Select the type of import option.

D- Start importing the selected type import option.

All these technologies are meant for making our world easier and effective.

RFC Specification For vCard

RFC IN VCARD RFC stands for request for comments is a publication of Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the internet society. It is an internet standards track for the internet organization. Purpose of RFC is to look the behavior, innovation, and research applicable to the working of internet and inter connected system.

RFC 2425 AND RFC 2426

A MIME (Multi-purpose internet mail) content –type for directory information. Reference specification for vcard 3.0 is contained in RFC2425 and RFC2426.

vCard 3.0	Property	Example
Note	An access classification is only one component of The general security model for a directory service. The classification attribute provides a method of capturing the intent of the owner for general access to information described by the vCard object.	CLASS:PUBLIC CLASS:PRIVATE CLASS:CONFIDENTIAL
ADR	delivery) address (type = dom(domestic), intl(international)(default), postal(default), parcel(default), home, work(default)) (content fields are in order: Post Office Address; Extended Address; Street; Locality; Region; Postal Code; Country	ADR;TYPE= dom, home, postal, parcel: ;;421 New Street; Old Town;CA;91901;
BDAY	birthday (YYYY-MM-DD)	bday; value=date:1999-09-21
VERSION	VERSION value corresponding to this specification MUST be 3.0	VERSION:3.0
FN	Specify the formatted text corresponding to the name Of the object the vCard represents.	FN: Mr. MIKE Q. Public\, Esq.
LANG	Used to identify data in multiple languages.	LANG: en- USA
ORG	Specify the organizational name and units associated With the vCard.	ORG: Lotus Development Corporation
REV	Specify revision information about the current vCard.	REV:1995-10-31T22:27:10Z
ROLE	Specify information concerning the role, occupation, or business category of the object the vCard represent.	ROLE: Programmer
TEL	Specify the telephone number for telephony Communication.	TEL;TYPE=work, voice ,pref, msg:+1-213-565-1280;
TITLE	Specify the job title, functional position or Function of the object.	TITLE: Director\, Research and Development
TZ	Specify information related to the time zone of the object.	TZ;VALUE=text:-05:00; EST; Raleigh/North America
UID	Specify a value that represents a globally unique Identifier corresponding to the individual or resource associated with the vCard	UID:19950401-080045-40000F192713-0052
URL	Specify a uniform resource locator associated with The object that the vCard refers to.	URL:http://www.swbyps.restaurant.french/~chezchic.html

vCard Version Specifications

Vcard is having three versions naming vcard 2.1, vcard 3.0, and vcard 4.0

Vcard 2.1 SPECIFICATION

ADR, AGENT, BDAY, BEGIN, CATEGORIES, EMAIL, END, GEO, KEY, LOGO, MAILER, N, NOTE, ORG, PHOTO, PROFILE, REV, ROLE, SORT-STRING, SOUND, TEL, TITLE, TZ, UID, URL, VERSION.

VCARD 3.1 ADDED SPECIFICATION

CLASS, NAME, NICKNAME, PRODID

VCARD 4.0 ADDED SPECIFICATION

XML, RELATED, MEMBER, LANG, KIND, FBURL, CLIENTPIDMAP, CALURI, CALADRURI, ANNIVERSARY.

Removed Features- AGENT, AGENT, MAILER, NAME, LABEL and, SORT-STRING and PROFILE.

MEANING OF ABBREVIATION

ADR- A structured representation of the physical address for the vcard object.

AGENT- Information about another person who will act on behalf of the vcard. This can be the URL or an embedded vcard.

ANNIVERSARY- It defines the person’s anniversary.

BDAY- Defines the date of birth of the individual related with the vcard.

BEGIN- This tells all vcards must start with this property.

CALADRURI- Schedule request is send to the person’s calendar in the form of URL.

CALURI- URL is send to the person’s calendar.

CATEGORIES- This is used by the vcard to show the the tags mark to describe objects.

CLASS- Shows the sensitivity of the information in vcard.

CLIENTPIDMAP- Purpose is to synchronize different revision of same vcard.

EMAIL- Used as an address for electronic mail communication with the vcard object.

END- Vcards must end with this property.

FBURL- Used for telling is person is busy or free on their calendar

FN-Formatted name string associated with vcard object.

GENDER- Used for defining gender of the person’s.

GEO- Used to specify latitude and longitude.



IMPP- Property used to define instant messenger handle. This was introduce in a separate RFC when the latest vcard version 3.0 was running. Therefore, vcard 3.1 can use this property but is not the part of 3.0 specification.

KEY- Vcard object associating public encryption. External URL, sometimes plain text, and may be embedded as a base64 encoded block of text.

KIND- Used to illustrate type of entity of vcard that represent application, individual group, and location.

LABEL- Used to represent the actual text to be put on the mailing label while delivering a physical package to the person related with vcard.

LANG- Simply used to define the language that the person speaks.

LOGO- Used for the images or graphics of the logo of the company or organization

MAILER- Type of email program used.

MEMBER- Used to define the member that is part of the group that this vcard represents.

N- Used to represent structure associated with the vcard object of the person’s and place.

NAME- Shows the textual representation of the source property.

NICKNAME- Another descriptive name for the object represented by the vcard.

NOTE- Used for providing extra information related to the vcard.

ORG- Name and unit of the organization related to the vcard. Property X.520 are used for organization name attribute and for organization unit attribute.

PHOTO- Image related with the vcard.

PRODID- Identifier for the product that created the vcard object.

PROFILE- Used to tell vcard is a vcard.

RELATED- Another entity that the person is related to.

REV- Timestamp for the last time the vcard was updated.

ROLE- Role, occupation, or business category of the vcard object within an organization.

SORT-STRING- Used to define a string that should be used when an application sort this vcard in some way.

SOUND- By default, if this property is not grouped with other properties it specifies the pronunciation of the FN property of the vcard object. It may point to an external URL or may be embedded in the vcard as a base64 encoded block of text.

SOURCE- URL used to give the latest version of vcard.

TEL- Canonical number string for a telephone number for telephony communication with the vcard object.

TITLE- Used to specify the job designation, functional position of the individual of an organization related to the vcard.

TZ- Time zone of the vcard object.

UID- Specify the globally unique identity related to the vcard.

URL- Website URL that is somehow related to the person.

vCard History And Its Origin

Sample of vcard

Vcard is a file format standard for electronic business card. Basically it contains vital information of the person like name, address information, phone numbers, email addresses, URLs, logos, photographs, and audio clips.

NEED FOR VCARD

Vcard is simply the digital form of the business card. It is a powerful new means of personal data interchange (PDI) that is automating the traditional business card. Whether it’s your computer (hand held organizer, Personal Information Manager (PIM), electronic mail application, web browser) or telephone, vcard will revolutionize your personal communications. Available business cards i.e. not digital, have limitations like cards are limited while distributing in an organization, parties etc. , can be destroy (depending on the quality of card), contain limited information, needed to be maintain etc. This type of limitation was removed by the vcard, that’s why vcard is popular and used.

HISTORY OF VCARD

Vcard was originally proposed by versit consortium, a multivendor initiative founded by the Apple computer, AT &T, IBM and Siemens in the early 1990s. In December 1996, ownership of the format was handed over to the Internet Mail Consortium (IMC), a trade association for companies with an interest in internet e-mail. IMC is a defunct organization which claimed to be the only international organization focused on cooperatively managing and promoting the rapidly –expanding world of electronic on the internet mail.

Vcard version 2.1 is widely used by the email-clients. Vcard version 3.0 is an IETF standard track proposal contained in RFC 2425 AND RFC 2426. Version 4.0 is defined in RFC 6350, with a new XML syntax. Vcard file extension commonly is vcf. In Androids phone it sometimes comes as namecard form.