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How do I export the collected addresses

Ocas
Ocas
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I have ported to a new machine (win 7). I have successfully exported and imported my address book which I find contains only 7 entries. It is now only that I realise that for a long time Thunderbird has been using addresses from its "collected addresses" to suggest the person in the address bar and that all those hundreds of addresses are not saved in my address book. How do I access my (what must be hundreds of) "collected addresses" and get them on to my new machine?

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I have ported to a new machine (win 7). I have successfully exported and imported my address book which I find contains only 7 entries. It is now only that I realise that for a long time Thunderbird has been using addresses from its "collected addresses" to suggest the person in the address bar and that all those hundreds of addresses are not saved in my address book. How do I access my (what must be hundreds of) "collected addresses" and get them on to my new machine? Thank you

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Open the address book window and select Tools-Export. Select the Collected book to export. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Moving_address_books_between_profiles

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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Moving to the Thunderbird product queue.

user01229325
user01229325
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Chosen Solution

Open the address book window and select Tools-Export. Select the Collected book to export. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Moving_address_books_between_profiles