[Alpine-info] exporting the alpine contact list to a file?

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On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 4:30 PM Milt Epstein via Alpine-info <
alpine-info at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> Try something like this:

>

> M A ; A A S E

>

> You can then specify the format to be exported: A for address

> list (the default), V for VCard, or T for Tab Separated.

>

> And then the file name (and possibly the directory to put the file in).

>

> You can then do < to get back to the Main Menu and possibly I to get

> back to the Message Index.

>

> The commands in that sequence are:

>

> M Main Menu

> A Addressbook

> ; Select

> A All

> A Apply

> S Save

> E Export

>

> I haven't used this at all myself, just came up with that sequence, so

> not really sure if it'll do just what you want -- but it at least

> seems close.

>

> Milt Epstein

> mepstein at illinois.edu

>

>

> On Mon, 30 Sep 2024, Karen Lewellen via Alpine-info wrote:

>

> > Goodness, still not  being clear.

> > Chime, and all.

> > When sitting in alpine itself, if you wish to write text to a file, what

> steps

> > can you take?

> >  I believe? you can edit our addressbook, so it might be possible?

> > Sorry not to be clear before...I simply used lynx to save the

> .addressbook

> > file to a new name.

> > However, that will not work for the gmail address book.

> > Karen

> >

> >

> >

> > On Mon, 30 Sep 2024, Chime Hart wrote:

> >

> > > Well Karen, I think once you have that newer copy in LYNX, you can hit

> an e

> > > for an editor such as NANO, where you can block. Even from importing

> the

> > > file in a new mail in Alpine, you can use similar keystrokes to NANO

> or even

> > > PICO

> > > Chime

> > >

> > >

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