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Revision as of 20:33, 13 August 2007
The Zimbra Migration Wizard does not include the ability to import Personal Distribution Lists (PDLs) from Outlook. The following is known to work on:
- Outlook 2000
- Outlook 2003
- Outlook 2007
1. Open the distribution list in Outlook
2. Go to File > Save as..
3. Change file type to txt to save as plain text
4. Parse file for email addresses using the following perl script:
perl -wne'while(/[\w\.\-]+@[\w\.\-]+\w+/g){print "$&\n"}' emails.txt | sort -u > output.txt5. Copy resulting emails
6. In Zimbra Address Book begin creating a new "Contact Group"
7. In the "Group Members" field paste email address, ensuring you have one per line
8. Save and enjoy
Note: This method does not require, or create, contacts for each member of your group.
