Sync Thunderbird and Address Book using Plaxo

Mar 16, '06 06:18:00AM

Contributed by: KAMiKAZOW

Plaxo is an online service to sync addresses between several clients. A newcomer among the officially supported clients is Apple's Address Book. First you have to register at Plaxo. Then get the Thunderbird extension and the Address Book plugin from www.plaxo.com/downloads and install them.

Please keep the following things in mind:

  1. Plaxo stores the address data on remote server. You may want to read their Privacy Policy first.
  2. The contact's primary e-mail address has to be mapped as "Work" in Address Book.
  3. Backup your Address Book data first! Due an mistake, I accidently trashed all birthday entries. (A modification log is accessible through plaxo.com though.)
Plaxo Toolbars are also available for Outlook, Outlook Express, and Internet Explorer for Windows (with Yahoo! support). Syncing with AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) is also possible and doesn't even require a download.

[robg adds: This previous hint explained how to use Plaxo to migrate contacts from Outlook to Thunderbird. I don't use the service, so I haven't tested either hint.]

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