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Converting Addresses

This page lists software tools and techniques for converting addresses between dozens of different formats, including Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Exchange Server, Netscape, Eudora, HTML, scheduling applications and many others. Some tools are free, but most are commercial applications that must be purchased. Here you'll find tools for both home and small office users as well as tools that can support the largest corporate migrations.

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Slipstick recommends Address Magic Personal to help Windows users convert address books between the address book formats below. A portion of each sale helps support this web site. Address Magic Enterprise is also available for corporate administrators planning large-scale migrations.

Can use as a Source or Destination Supported as a Source only
  • CSV (comma-delimited files)
  • Eudora Light/Pro
  • GroupWise® 5.5 and later
  • Hotmail Plus
  • LDIF
  • Lotus Notes
  • Microsoft Outlook 97 through 2007
  • Mozilla
  • Netscape 4/6/7
  • Opera 6/7
  • Outlook Express
  • Pine
  • vCard
  • Windows Address Book/WAB
  • Windows Contacts
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  • AOL (America Online) 4 through 9
  • CompuServe 2000, 6.0 and 7.0
  • Exchange Global Address List/GAL
  • Microsoft Exchange Server
  • Mozilla
  • Netscape 6/7
  • Pegasus
  • Thunderbird
  • Wal-Mart Connect
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    To convert from: To: Use:
    Netscape 4/6/7; Thunderbird; Exchange GAL; Outlook contacts; Eudora Light/Pro; Windows Address Book; Outlook Personal Address Book; GroupWise; LDIF; Opera 6/7; Pine; AOL 4 through 9; Lotus Notes; Hotmail Plus; CompuServe 2000/6/7; Pegasus; Windows Contacts. Netscape 4.x; Outlook contacts; Eudora Light/Pro; Windows Address Book; Personal Address Book; GroupWise; LDIF; Opera 6/7; Pine; Lotus Notes; Pegasus; vCard; Windows Contacts. Address Magic Personal

    Address Magic Enterprise (100 users or more)
    Exchange Server Global Address Book Comma-delimited text file, Outlook Contacts, Personal Address Book, Eudora, Netscape, Windows Address Book See: Portable GAL
    Exchange, Outlook, Notes, Netscape, Eudora, Pegasus, MHS, ExpressIT, GroupWise, cc:Mail (archives and folders), daVinci e-Mail, Notework, Compuserve. Exchange, Outlook, Notes, Netscape, Eudora, Pegasus, MHS, ExpressIT, GroupWise, HTML, generic UniAccess
    cc:Mail, Lotus Notes/Domino, Exchange 5.5, Exchange 2000, IMAP4, HP OpenMail, EMC²/TAO, SYSM, Novell GroupWise, LDAP cc:Mail, Lotus Notes/Domino, Exchange 5.5, Exchange 2000, IMAP4, HP OpenMail, EMC²/TAO, SYSM, Novell GroupWise, LDAP CompuSven E-Mail Shuttle
    Active Directory, Exchange 5.5 GAL, Lotus Notes, iPlanet, SQL Server, Oracle, MMS, any ODBC compliant data source * Active Directory, Exchange 5.5 GAL Directory Transformation Manager
    Personal Address Book Personal Address Book PABMerge -- merges contents of two PABs without removing duplicates
    Any Word 7.0 mail merge source (Access .mdb, text file, etc.) Personal Address Book Import to Personal Address Book
    Cardfile Personal Address Book or Microsoft Outlook Contacts Use Transfile.exe (61kb) or AZZ Cardfile to convert the Cardfile entries to a tab-delimited file. Then import directly into Microsoft Outlook or use Import to Personal Address Book to import for Microsoft Exchange.
    CompuServe Address Book Personal Address Book or Microsoft Outlook Contacts CompuServe 3 or 4: CS2Exchange, CS2Outlook,

    CompuServe 2000, 6 or 7: ePreserver

    UniAccess
    Eudora nicknames file Personal Address Book Method #1: Address Magic Personal

    Method #2: In Outlook Express, choose File | Import | Address Book. Then, choose File | Export | Address Book and export to Personal Address Book.

    Method #3: YooDoormat

    Method #4: Open in Microsoft Word, search and replace "<" with Tab (a special character) and ">" with nothing to create a tab-delimited file. You should then be able to use Import to Personal Address Book on it.
    Eudora Pro or Light (through ver. 3) nicknames file Outlook Contacts Folder Method #1 (Outlook 98 through 2003): In Outlook, choose File | Import and Export | Import Internet Mail and Addresses.

    Method #2: Address Magic Personal

    Method #3: (Outlook 97) In Outlook Express, choose File | Import | Address Book. Then, use WabOut, or use File | Export | Address Book and export to a comma-delimited text file, which Outlook can import.
    Microsoft Mail Address Book Personal Address Book In Exchange, choose File | Import and point to your MS Mail .mmf file.
    Netscape Address Book Personal Address Book Method #1: Address Magic Personal

    Method #2: In Outlook Express, choose File | Import | Address Book. Then, choose File | Import | Address Book and export to Personal Address Book. Works for Netscape 4.0 but not Netscape 4.5 or 7.

    Method #3: If you have Word 7.0, try Nscpabb2, a Word template file. It does not work with Word 97 and will not be ported, so please don't ask.
    Netscape Address Book Outlook Contacts Folder Method #1 (Outlook 98/2000/2002): In Outlook, choose File | Import and Export | Import Internet Mail and Addresses. Works for Netscape 4.0.

    Method #2: Address Magic Personal (Works for Netscape 4, 6 and 7.)

    Method #3: See OL98- Migrating from Netscape Mail to Outlook. 

    Method #4: In Outlook Express, choose File | Import | Address Book. Then, use WabOut, or use File | Export | Address Book and export to a comma-delimited text file, which Outlook can import. Works for Netscape 4.0, not for 4.5/4.6/4.7.

    Method #5: Go through Outlook Express. See:

  • OL2000 How to Import Mail and Addresses from Netscape Messenger 4.5 and Later
  • OL2002 How to Import Messages and Addresses from Netscape Messenger 4.5 and Later
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    Schedule+ Contacts list Personal Address Book Import to Personal Address Book
    Windows Address Book from Outlook Express Personal Address Book Method #1: Address Magic Personal

    Method #2: In Outlook Express, choose File | Export | Address Book and export to Personal Address Book.

    Windows Address Book from Outlook Express Outlook Contacts folder Method #1 (Outlook 98 or later): If Outlook Express is not using the .wab file you want to import, you'll need to import the file into Outlook Express first. In Outlook Express, choose File | Import | Address Book, and choose the .wab file. Then, in Outlook, choose File | Import and Export | Import Internet Mail and Addresses.

    Method #2: Address Magic Personal

    Method #3: WabOut, but only for Outlook 97

    Method #4: Use File | Export | Address Book and export to a comma-delimited text file, which Outlook can import.
    Windows Address Book from Microsoft Internet Mail Personal Address Book Address Magic Personal
    Personal Address Book Comma-delimited text file Perform a mail merge with MS Word 7.0 or 97, using the PAB as the data source. I prefer the catalog format myself.
    Personal Address Book Windows Address Book (Outlook Express) From Outlook Express, choose File | Import | Address Book.
    Outlook Contacts Folder Windows Address Book (Outlook Express)

    Note: Outlook 98/2000 in Internet Mail Only mode can share an address list between OE and Outlook.

    		 Method #1: Address Magic Personal

    Method #2: From Outlook, choose File | Import and Export and export as a comma-delimited text file. Then, from Outlook Express, choose File | Import | Address Book and import that file.
    Eudora or Pegasus Pegasus or Eudora ECONV 1.0 Eudora <--> Pegasus Email Conversion
    Eudora, Netscape, Pegasus, Pine, Elm, several others Eudora, Netscape, Pegasus, Pine, Elm, several others Mail System Converter. Also see Interguru's E-mail Address Conversions
    Personal Address Book, Netscape, PalmPilot Desktop Personal Address Book, Netscape, PalmPilot Desktop PABTool
    America Online (AOL) Outlook  Method #1: ePreserver

    Method #2: UniAccess
    cc:Mail distribution lists Microsoft Exchange Server GAL Excel Macro for Migration of ccMail Distribution Lists
    cc:Mail directory and address lists Microsoft Exchange Server GAL, Outlook Contacts  Lotus ccMail Migration Directory Toolkit
    Any address book Microsoft Access table Address Book Export Tool  from the Microsoft BackOffice Resource Kit
    HP OpenMail addresses in a Personal Address Book (PAB)  SMTP addresses in PAB MailMover for Outlook PABs (was PAB Converter)
    GroupWise Outlook OL2000 How to Import a GroupWise Personal Address Book

    GroupWise Migrator for Exchange

    Address Magic Enterprise (100 users or more)

    Outlook, Netscape, Outlook Express, Juno, Eudora, Pegasus, Corel, LDAP/LDIF, comma-delimited and plain text formats

    Outlook, Netscape, Outlook Express, Juno, Eudora, Pegasus, Corel, LDAP/LDIF, comma-delimited and plain text formats

    Dawn
    Outlook, ACT!, Goldmine, Palm Desktop Outlook, ACT!, Goldmine, Palm Desktop AddressGrabber
    Outlook, Entourage, Excel, Palm Desktop, other Windows and Macintosh PIMs Outlook, Entourage, Excel, Palm Desktop, other Windows and Macintosh PIMs Export-Import for Entourage
    Outlook Contacts vCard in bulk EphPod, Outpod, Outlook2Mac, VCard Converter Outlook Add-In, Address Magic Personal, Vcard4Outlook, vSync 
    Outlook Contacts Text file ClipForm
    Netscape 4.0, Eudora Outlook 97 Import addresses to Outlook Express, then export them to a Personal Address Book or to a comma-delimited file for import into a Contacts folder in Microsoft Outlook 97.
    Microsoft Exchange, Outlook, Lotus Notes, GroupWise, Netscape, Eudora, Outlook Express, Lotus cc:Mail, IMAP4 Server, America Online, Pegasus, MHS, Notework, Compuserve, or DaVinci Microsoft Exchange, Outlook, Lotus Notes, GroupWise, Netscape, Eudora, Outlook Express, Lotus cc:Mail, IMAP4 Server, America Online, Pegasus, MHS, Notework, Compuserve, or DaVinci Transend Migrator
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    Updated Mar 08 2009
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