kingcomputing
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Background: I have been searching for a solution to sync contacts on my BlackBerry with my Thunderbird Contacts. Since moving to my Vista Home Premium x64 system (from XP), I decided to move away from Outlook 2000 for good as well due to incompatibilities with Vista as well as performance and security concerns. My BlackBerry did sync flawlessly with Outlook but I am committed to my move to Thunderbird.
Research: I found that the newer versions of BlackBerry Desktop Manager support synchronization with Windows Contacts so I experimented with the exporting of Thunderbird contacts to LDIF format for import to Windows Contacts but this failed (forum posts suggest it's a problem with extended character support in Windows Contacts) so I tried exporting to csv file for import into Windows Contacts.
Solution: The csv file import worked flawlessly after I set up the mapping of all fields that were not recognized by Windows Contacts (a lot of them).
Problem: The mapping of all fields that were not recognized by Windows Contacts was tedious and time consuming since I want to use this process to keep my BlackBerry up to date. Does anyone know if I can save my custom mapping as a template or where the default mapping table resides so I can customize it?
It would be great to be able to perform an import of modified Thunderbird Contact records to Windows Contacts without having to manually set up the mapping every time.
Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thanks :huh:
Research: I found that the newer versions of BlackBerry Desktop Manager support synchronization with Windows Contacts so I experimented with the exporting of Thunderbird contacts to LDIF format for import to Windows Contacts but this failed (forum posts suggest it's a problem with extended character support in Windows Contacts) so I tried exporting to csv file for import into Windows Contacts.
Solution: The csv file import worked flawlessly after I set up the mapping of all fields that were not recognized by Windows Contacts (a lot of them).
Problem: The mapping of all fields that were not recognized by Windows Contacts was tedious and time consuming since I want to use this process to keep my BlackBerry up to date. Does anyone know if I can save my custom mapping as a template or where the default mapping table resides so I can customize it?
It would be great to be able to perform an import of modified Thunderbird Contact records to Windows Contacts without having to manually set up the mapping every time.
Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thanks :huh:
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Acer Aspire AX3810
- CPU
- Intel Core2 Quad Q8300
- Motherboard
- Acer
- Memory
- 4GB
- Graphics card(s)
- Intel G45/G43 Express
- Sound Card
- Intel High Definition Audio HDMI
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG Flatron W2241T
- Screen Resolution
- 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- Hitachi 500GB 7200 rpm