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  <info>
    <desc>Supported file formats for importing data.</desc>
    
    <link type="guide" xref="import-data" />

    <revision pkgversion="3.0.2" version="0.2" date="2011-07-31" status="final"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Andre Klapper</name>
      <email>ak-47@gmx.net</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Novell, Inc</name> <!-- Content partially from http://library.gnome.org/users/evolution/2.32/importing-mail-and-settings.html.en#importing-mail -->
    </credit>
    <license>
      <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
    </license>    

  </info>

  <title>Supported file formats</title>

<p>Evolution can import the following types of files:</p>

<section id="mail">
<title>Mail</title>
<list>
<item><p>
Berkeley Mailbox (.mbox or no extension):</p>
<p>The email format used by Mozilla, Netscape, Evolution (for local folders until version 2.32), Eudora, and many other email clients.
</p></item>
<item><p>
Maildir (no extension):</p>
<p>The format used by Evolution (for local folders since version 3.0). There is no need to import Maildir files as you can <link xref="mail-account-manage-maildir-format-directories">configure a Maildir account</link> in Evolution and point to the folder where the Maildir files are stored.
</p></item>
<item><p>
Outlook Express 5/6 Personal Folders (.dbx):</p>
<p>The email file format used by Microsoft Outlook Express 5/6. For newer versions PST import is recommended.
</p></item>
</list>
</section>

<section id="calendar">
<title>Calendar</title>
<list>
<item><p>
vCalendar (.vcs):</p>
<p>A format for storing calendar files, which is generally used by Evolution, Microsoft Outlook, Sunbird, and Korganizer.
</p></item>
<item><p>
iCalendar or iCal (.ics):</p>
<p>A format for storing calendar files. iCalendar is used by Evolution, Microsoft Outlook, Palm OS handhelds, and others.
</p></item>
</list>
</section>

<section id="contacts">
<title>Contacts</title>
<list>
<item><p>
LDAP Data Interchange Format (.ldif):</p>
<p>A standard data format for contact cards.
</p></item>
<item><p>
vCard (.vcf, .gcrd):</p>
<p>The address book format used by the GNOME, KDE, and many other contact management applications. You should be able to export to vCard format from any address book application.
</p></item>
</list>
</section>

<section id="misc">
<title>Miscellaneous</title>
<list>
<item><p>
Evolution/Mozilla/Outlook CSV/Tab (.csv, .tab):</p>
<p>CSV (Comma-separated values) or Tabulator files saved by using Evolution, Microsoft Outlook and Mozilla.
</p></item>
<item><p>
Personal Storage Table (.pst):</p>
<p>A file format used to store local copies of messages, calendar events, and other items within Microsoft software such as Microsoft Exchange Client, Windows Messaging, and Microsoft Outlook.
</p></item>
</list>
</section>

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