Import and export the address book of Thunderbird automatically
Data synchronization may be one of the most important features of software if you are using more than one computer or device.
If a software program does not provide ways to synchronize data between computers, users normally find a way and use applications that synchronize folders, files and data for them.
The email address book in Thunderbird is one of those sets of data that can't be synchronized using Thunderbird directly.
That is, until I found the extension SyncMab which synchronizes the address book on every start-up and shutdown of Thunderbird by saving it as a file on the local system, or even remotely on a server using http, ftp or https protocols.
Up to four address books can be synchronized at a time. To work with SyncMab you first export the address book and save it on a network drive or on an Internet server and point the extension then to that file so that it pulls the address book from that location during startup and saves it again after closing down Thunderbird.
Update: Please note that SyncMab is not compatible with newer versions of the Thunderbird email client anymore.
Addressbooks Synchronizer is a free alternative for the Thunderbird email client that works with all recent versions of the program.
It supports synchronizing address books locally, remotely, or using IMAP.
The first thing that you need to do after installation is to select the address books that you want to synchronize. To do so, select Tools > Add-ons and click on the options button next to the Addressbooks Synchronizer extension.
Here you see the list of all address books, and you can select the ones that you want to sync here. You select the syncing method right next to that in the preferences.
Besides that, you can also enable auto download on startup or upload on exit, or download or upload files manually whenever the need arises.
The import and export tab provides you with options to save an address book that you select, or upload one instead.
The settings tab finally offers access to synchronization and upload polices which you can use for a number of things, for instance to define how files are up- or downloaded.
If you want to sync your Thunderbird address books with other instances of Thunderbird, this is one of the programs that you can use for that job.
The extension works automatic once you have set everything up.
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It is Mozilla Thunderbird.
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If this is the same bug that I’ve encountered, there may be another fix: (1) hover over open Outlook item in Taskbar, cursor up to hover over Outlook window item, and right-click; (2) this should give you Restore / Move / Size / Minimize / Maximize — choose Move or Size; (3) use your cursor keys, going arbitrarily N/S/E/W, to try to move or size the Outlook window back into view. Basically, the app behaves as though it were open in a 0x0 window, or at a location that’s offscreen, and this will frequently work to resize and/or move the window. Don’t forget to close while resized/moved, so that Outlook remembers the size/position for next time.
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Solved my issue! 6 years later and this is still problem…
Fantastic. Thank you. Size did the trick.
This solved my Outlook problem, too. Thank you. :)
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Yah…thanks Claude. I’ve been having the same problem and tried all the suggestions…your solution was the answer. It had resized itself to a 0/0 box. Cheers
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Thanks a lot. I was facing this issue from past 3 week. I tried everything but no resolution. The issue was happening intermittently and mainly when I was changing the display of screen ( as i use 2 monitors). The only option i had was to do system restore. But thanks to you.
I’ve been tried to sole this problem for 12hours. Your comment about changing the display of screen helped me a lot!! Thanks!!
Thank you…don’t know why this happened but your instructions helped me fix it. Running Windows 10 and office pro 2007
Great tip! Thanks!
Worked for me, too – thank you!!!
It’s Worked for me, too
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I had a similar issue with Outlook 2013 on Windows 10 and this helped me to fix it. Thank you very much!
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Considering you published this in 2012, incredible not been debugged by Microsoft.
Thank you again. M
This problem was faced by only one user logging to TS 2008 r2 using outlook 2010.The issue was resolved.
Thanks.
Great tip. Thank you!!!! If it helps, I had to use the Control Key and the arrow keys at the same time to bring my window back into view. Worked like a charm.
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Awesome, this post solved the issue. Many thanks!