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Using Outlook and OE contacts with Thunderbird or Mozilla Mail

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These instructions are based on information from the Abzilla project, an inactive Mozilla project. It's recommended only for advanced users since the instructions supposedly don't work on all systems, and it requires modifying your configuration files. It's recommended you back up your profile beforehand.

It's also recommended using the Configuration Editor (in Thunderbird, "Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> General -> Config Editor..."; in Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey, enter about:config in the Location Bar) instead of the user.js file. See Editing configuration and Modify Thunderbird settings for more information.

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To use the Outlook Express address book:

  1. Close all Mozilla programs, including browsers; don't forget QuickLaunch and the Downloads window.
  2. Add the following to your user.js file: 
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.OE.description", "Outlook Express");
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.OE.dirType", 3);
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.OE.uri", "moz-aboutlookdirectory://oe/");
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To use Outlook Contacts:

Note: You can only use Outlook's contacts if Outlook is set as the default e-mail program.

  1. Set Outlook as the default e-mail program.
  2. Close all Mozilla programs, including browsers; don't forget QuickLaunch and the Downloads window.
  3. Add the following to your user.js file: 
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.Outlook.description", "Outlook");
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.Outlook.dirType", 3);
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.Outlook.uri", "moz-aboutlookdirectory://op/");
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