How to Use Thunderbird 3: Exporting Your Address Book

Note: Even though Thunderbird will save your address book to a file, Thunderbird will still retain the original copy of the address book (it won't be deleted when you export it).

 

1. In Thunderbird, click on the Address Book button.
   
   
   
   
   The Address Book window is displayed.
   
   
   
   
2. Select the address book you want to export.
   
   
3. In the Address Book window, select Export from the Tools menu.
   
   
   
   
   The Export Address Book window is displayed. In the following step, you'll save your address book as (export it to) a separate file.
   
   
   
   
4. In the Address Book window, perform the following to export your address book to a file:
   1. Navigate to the directory where you want to save your address book file. (In the example below, the address book file is being saved to the Desktop.)
   2. Type a descriptive file name for your address book in the File name field. (In the example below, the address book file has been named "mycooladdresses.")
   3. Select LDIF from the Save as type drop-down list.
   4. Click on the Save button.

   

    

You've now saved your address book. You can now import the address book to another copy of Thunderbird on a different computer or to another e-mail program.