Interguru's Pine to Ldif Address Conversion

This page will convert a Pine mail program's addressbook file to the equivalent Ldif file format.

The ldif format is part of the LDAP standard. Go to the LDAP Section for more information.

Instructions

Note: Read all instructions before doing anything.

Download the file ".addressbook" from your UNIX Home directory to some convenient temporary spot on your hard disk. Rename it "aliases.txt".
Using the Browse button below, select this file

Because the Ldif's rules on what is allowable are much more restrictive than Pine's, certain Pine entries cannot be translated into equivalent Ldif. They will be lost and you will have to re-enter them by hand. To get a list of what items will be lost, press the Start Process button, with the Show Problem Entries button selected. If the output from this shows that some items that will be lost, save or print it so you can re-enter them later.

Next select the Process Addresses button and press the Start Process button.

Ldif File Output

The output is an text file in the ldif format. Save it with whatever name you want. Use an ".ldif" extension unless you have a special reason to use another naming convention.

My computer is a Windows Macintosh UNIX computer

Processing Mode
Show problem Entries	Process Addresses

Select file "aliases.txt" here:

Note: If no "Browse" button appears above these lines, open the file with a text editor, select the whole file (control-a in Windows or Command-a on a Mac), copy it , then paste it into the box below. Don't worry about the size. If you have a large file, a slow connection or both, it may take a few seconds for the text to appear after you paste it. If you use the translation more than once you have to re-paste.

Paste Here
Start Process!

Technical Notes

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

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

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