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RJNJC
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w810i | Contacts | Thunderbird > MPE > w810i

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I have multiple address books in Thunderbird which I sync with MPE to my w810i.

Is there an easy way to achieve a sync of all the address books at once?

At this time, I sync each address book one at a time.

    1. File > Options (or F2)

    2. Go to |Sync| from the list on the left pane.

    3. Go to |Contacts| in the right pane

    4. From the drop down list select 'Thunderbird'

    5. Click the [Advanced] button

    6. This will open up another window and fire up Thunderbird if it was not open already

    7. In the window - a. choose the relevant profile and then b. choose the specific address book.

    8. Select (o) Force Thunderbird -> Phone

    9. Click OK from that window

    10. Click OK from the the 'Sync' window

    11. Go to Contacts > Phone and then click |Synchronise|

    12. MPE will connect to phone

    13. It will open a 'Confirmation for Sync' window with a list of all the contacts that will be synced.

    14. The contacts from the address book selected will show a 'green +' next to it.

    15. Below all these 'Green +' contacts there are other contacts which have a 'Red No entry' sign next to it and default selection of (o) delete entry in phone.

    16. I change that to (o) never sync in future and the sign turns to the 'thunderbird icon'.

    17. I then click OK in the 'Confirmation for Sync' window.

    18. Phone beeps when the sync is done.

And then I follow the same process for all the rest of the Address Books.
It does get a little hard since I have a 5 address books to sync.

Am I doing things in a very 'dumbkof!" way?
Is there an easier, simpler way??
SEw810i | USB | MPE v1.5.8 | XP sp2 |
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Maybe i add this in the next major-version
RJNJC
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Thank you FJ.
So, I am not using a 'wrong' or 'stupid' way??!!
:)
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I've been playing around with MPE.

And thought of this workaround.

I can export each of my Thunderbird address book as LDIF files to my desktop. That is: 1.ldif, 2.ldif........upto 5.ldif

Then in MPE, I import these files from my desktop one by one...1.ldif, 2.ldif....upto 5.ldif.

This will give me ALL my contacts in MPE.

I then set the contacts to sync to 'Only MyPhoneExplorer'.

Then do a sync.

Would this work?

The import and export of .ldif is a lot easier than syncing with thunderbird, deleting contacts and syncing the phone.
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Yes - this works also, but maybe it would be easier to have only one Addressbook in Thunderbird.
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I guess one address book in Thunderbird would be the best option. But the separate address books help me organise various activities.
Danke Schon anyhow.
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