Importing Data From Other Applications

Evolution searches for email or contact data in the following formats:

mbox format

Evolution, Netscape Version 4.7x, Mozilla, Eudora, Pine, and Elm use this email format.

.mbx format

Microsoft Outlook Express 4 uses this email format.

Vcard format

GnomeCard, other GNOME applications, KDE, and other contact management applications use this format for contact information. Typically, files in this format have .vcf or .gcrd file extensions.

If Evolution finds email or contact data from the listed applications on your system, the Evolution Setup Assistant displays an Importing Files page. The Importing Files page displays a list of the applications for which Evolution has found email or contact data.

If Evolution finds email data for an application, a mail check box is displayed under the application.

If Evolution finds contact data for an application, an address book check box is displayed under the application.

To import data, select the check boxes for the data that you want to import, then click on the Import button.

When you complete the import, click on the Forward button.

When you complete entering configuration information, click on the Apply button.

If you do not want to import data when you do the initial configuration of Evolution, you can use the Evolution Import Assistant. The Evolution Import Assistant guides you through the process to import data. To open the Evolution Import Assistant, choose File -> Import from the Evolution window.