Interguru's Ldif (and Netscape Communicator) to Eudora Address Conversion

This page will convert a Ldif addressbook export file the equivalent Eudora nicknames file.

Instructions

Note: There is a bug in Eudora 4 which prevents it from accepting the address book that you converted. I have changed to conversion to compensate for this bug. If it still does't work, let me know. The bug has been fixed in the 4.1 beta version, but I can't advise you to use it as it is just a beta version and may have other problems. (Sept. 3 1998)

Note: Read all instructions before doing anything.

The input is an Ldif file which you can get by exporting from some mail programs such as Netscape Communicator. It is a text file, but often has an ".ldif" extension.
Using the Browse button below, select this file
Press the process button
The output is a Eudora nicknames file. Using the File Menu: Save As, save it to the appropriate place with the appropriate name (see below). You might want to rename the nickname file that is already there to save it.

Window 95/98/ME Users, save the file as "nndbase.txt" in your Eudora directory. Windows 2000/XP look under Documents and Settings for the user in question. Delete the file nndbase.toc so that Eudora will regenerate a new table of contents.
Mac Users should save it in "System Folder:Eudora Folder" and rename it "Eudora Nicknames"

If you already have an address book and you have more addresses to add , there are two choices.

Use a word processor to merge the two files. This will only work if you have no duplicate aliases. You can eliminate the duplicate aliases by hand, but be sure you change aliases in the lists too.
Save the address book as with a name such as " newaddresses.txt" in the nicknames folder (which is inside the folder where the main address book goes - see above). You will have new address book called "newaddresses"

Technical Notes

If you want a sample Ldif addressbook to test this script on, click here, and save the file as "ldif.txt"

To avoid overburdening the server, we have limited the file to 120k bytes and 1200 lines

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