
I can not import contacts from g-mail.
I have been using Firefox for a little over 3 years now and finally decided to switch to Thunderbird after having moved from XP to WIN7. I love it except!!! I have trying for three days now to export from G-Mail and import to Thunderbird all of my contacts. Nothing works. I have found several articles on the Internet (even a couple from Mozilla) that I have tried and nothing works. Maybe I am just a DA? I am looking at a couple of other software products, but really would like to stay with the Mozilla family. Can someone please assist me? Thanks - Hal
Chosen solution
Open your gmail account through your browser, click the arrowhead next to 'Gmail' in the upper left corner, select Contacts, click More/Export. If you are directed to open from old Google Contacts, do so, then select More/Export in old Contacts. Choose vCard format and then Export.
Open Address Book in TB, Tools/Import... Address books... vCard file... select the contacts.vcf file you exported from Gmail. Close and re-open Address Book and find a new address book named 'contacts'.
If you want to synchronize rather than just import, consider an add-on such as gContactSync.
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Bless you. Google strikes again (and again and again and again)! This did import my OLD G-Mail address book which contained many names that no longer exist and doesn't have many of my current contacts, but at least I have something to do for the rest of this year - edit my address book with my new Thunderbird and I am finally done with Google. Thank you again so very, very much. A contribution to the Mozilla group shall be forth coming.
I second the gContactSync add-on. It’s solid and works like a champ.
Many thanks. I tried the vCard route, which worked fine but did not transfer telephone numbers etc.. However, the gContactSync add-on is superb, providing more than I had previously anticipated was possible!
I did not try this as the gContactSync solution was perfect for me, but thank you very much for taking the time to offer this vCard solution.