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I need to extract email addresses from my "Sent" folder, how can I do this?

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rbutton22
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I have found a way to export addresses using the "export" option inside the address book-however, I need to extract the addresses from my Sent folder specifically. Is there a way to copy and paste into an Excel file? Or is there a way to do this through Thunderbird?

I have found a way to export addresses using the "export" option inside the address book-however, I need to extract the addresses from my Sent folder specifically. Is there a way to copy and paste into an Excel file? Or is there a way to do this through Thunderbird?

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Daniel Phillips
Daniel Phillips
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You can use this add-on to extract the mails: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/addresscontext/

sfhowes
sfhowes
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Every contact you've sent a message to is automatically added to the Collected Addresses address book. One approach would be to create a new address book, then copy the desired contacts from Collected Addresses to that book by drag and drop, while holding the Ctrl key. Then, export the new address book to a csv (comma separated) file and open it in Excel.

It's also possible to scan a folder for contacts and have them added to an address book:

https://getsatisfaction.com/mozilla_messaging/topics/adding_email_address_from_folder_to_address_book#reply_10378723