where is address book located?

P D Sterling

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Jul 21, 2006, 2:33:38 PM7/21/06

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I am a relatively new user, and am still having problems with my address
book. I am not losing email addresses, but like in one group, half of
the first names disappeared. So I typed them all in again.

Anyway, I was thinking of making a backup, but then realized that the TB
address book could hardly be a WAB file. Any suggestions?

P D Sterling
Dallas TX

gwtc

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Jul 21, 2006, 2:54:24 PM7/21/06

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in the file abook.mab which is in your profile.

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John McWilliams

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Jul 21, 2006, 3:34:36 PM7/21/06

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I'd suggest you open your AB, run Export of it into .ldif format, put
that file in a safe place. Now quit the app., and remove the file ending
in .mab from your Profile. Reopen 'Bird, and open AB, which should be
empty. Now import the .ldif file you just created.

This does two things: Gives you a great backup copy, and can remove
oddities from the AB itself.

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P D Sterling

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Jul 21, 2006, 11:01:40 PM7/21/06

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gwtc wrote:
> P D Sterling wrote:
>> I am a relatively new user, and am still having problems with my
>> address book. I am not losing email addresses, but like in one group,
>> half of the first names disappeared. So I typed them all in again.
>>
>> Anyway, I was thinking of making a backup, but then realized that the
>> TB address book could hardly be a WAB file. Any suggestions?
>>
>> P D Sterling
>> Dallas TX
> in the file abook.mab which is in your profile.
>

you know, if I had half a brain, I could have miss marpled that out! thanx!!
pds

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P D Sterling

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Jul 21, 2006, 11:03:35 PM7/21/06

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could you expand on the term "oddities"??? I think its odd to have the
names disappear! I am recovering from a disk crash, and trying to get my
address book back to its fighting strength of 6000 - now at 636, and
don't fancy typing things in two or three times OR MORE! thanx for the
advice!!!

gwtc

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Jul 22, 2006, 1:16:35 AM7/22/06

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P D Sterling wrote:

> you know, if I had half a brain, I could have miss marpled that out! thanx!!
> pds
>

funny you should said that. I received my Sun Microsystems T-Shirt
the other day. The slogan said: "The average human uses only 10% of
his brainpower. Find nine other people." :-D

sean bean

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Jul 22, 2006, 10:53:16 AM7/22/06

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finally someone else is having this same problem... dissappearing nems
and fields from their addressbook... i'v posted about this previously
but nobody ever answers with any helpful information... one thing i've
noticed is anytime i send a group e'mail with BCC'd adresses i can go
back to those same addresses and have to fill in missing fields... first
names go missing first... then snail mail addresses... phone numbers...

then i noticed that address cards on which i had entered display names
didn't lose fields... but i've never liked "display names"...

surely you and i aren't the only two people who have encountered this
problem which makes the tb addressbook completely unreliable...

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P D Sterling

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Jul 22, 2006, 1:15:42 PM7/22/06

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Ah, HA! So I'm not crazy, and yes, these lists are ones I BCC. I am
still getting used to Mozilla, and am unsure that if I send a message
"TO: Crime Watch" will it show that as the recipient on everybodys
message, or will it show everybodys address to everybody else!? If that
is the form, then there is no need to BCC. Otherwise, perhaps this
should be reported as a bug.