Howto export Evolution mail contacts to a CSV File

[rclark]

I had to do some digging to find this so I thought I'd post it here as I am moving from Evolution to Thunderbird.

There is an obscure utility called evolution-addressbook-export that does the job. To find it use the locate command on your system as it isn't in your normal path. Mine was located :

/usr/libexec/evolution/2.6/evolution-addressbook-export

to use is simple :

/usr/libexec/evolution/2.6/evolution-addressbook-export --format=csv >contacts.csv

That's it! From there it is easy to import into any mail client. Hope this helps!

[sgtbob]

Along this same line - how to import auseable .csv address file into Evolution Address Book? I have been able to import the file via a jump drive from my Win XP box; however, the addresses are not in order by name of the addressee. Can someone point me or proviode an explanation of how to proceed?

Bob