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I have formatted my Win7. I have saved my Thunderbird Contacts in LDIF format. How to import them to the new downloaded Thunderbird ?

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'Import' option on Tools does not offers LDIF format file to import, just Thunderbird itself.

'Import' option on Tools does not offers LDIF format file to import, just Thunderbird itself.

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'Tools' > 'Import' select 'Address Books' click on 'Next'

select : 'Text file (LDIF, .tab, .csv, .txt)' click on Next

Locate the LDIF file click on 'Open'

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Toad-Hall
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'Tools' > 'Import' select 'Address Books' click on 'Next'

select : 'Text file (LDIF, .tab, .csv, .txt)' click on Next

Locate the LDIF file click on 'Open'