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#MOZILLA THUNDERBIRD IMPORT CONTACTS FROM CONTACTS MANUAL#

For the matching process, names are completed and their order is normalized - for example, if two name parts are detected in the DisplayName (e.g., "John Doe") or in an email address (e.g., " "), they are taken as first and last name. As a result, for example, names differing only in letter case are considered to match. Matching of names, email addresses, and phone numbers is based upon equivalence and sub-equivalence of fields modulo abstraction, described below. Yet cards with non-equivalent AIMScreenName are never considered matching. both cards do not contain any name, email address, or phone number that might match.they contain matching phone numbers, or.

they contain matching email addresses, or.

Two cards are considered matching if any of the following conditions hold, where the details are explained below.

The matching relation is designed to be rather weak, such that it tends to yield all pairs of potential duplicates. with two different address books with n and m cards, comparing each card in the first one with each card of the second one, resulting in n*m pairs to compare.within a single address book with n cards, comparing each card with all other cards, resulting in n*(n-1)/2 pairs of cards to compare.There are two search modes for finding matching cards:

#MOZILLA THUNDERBIRD IMPORT CONTACTS FROM CONTACTS MANUAL#

In order to exclude pairs of similar cards from being repeatedly presented for manual treatment they may be given different AIMScreenNames, such that they are filtered out from the search results. When a card is deleted and it has a primary email address that is contained in one or more mailing lists and the other card does not have the same primary email address, the address is also deleted from the respective mailing lists.

The '' symbols indicate comparison on numerical values or the substring/superstring relation on names and other texts.ĭuring manual treatment of a pair of matching cards the user can skip them, can modify one or both of them, and can decide to delete one of them.

The '⋦' and '⋧' symbols indicate that a field or a whole card contains less/more information than the other.

The '⊆' and '⊇' symbols indicate the subset/superset relation on mailing list membership, email addresses, and phone numbers.

The '≅' symbol indicates equivalent cards, equivalent fields, or equal sets (after abstraction).

The '≃' symbol indicates matching names, email addresses, or phone numbers.

All other relations are determined after abstraction of values (see the definitions below).

The '≡' symbol is shown between non-empty fields with identical values, while non-identical values are highlighted by color.

When pairs of candidate duplicates are presented, various comparison information is given in the column between them. Some important fields are always shown such that they can be filled in when they have been empty so far. Each two cards are shown side-by-side with a comparison of all fields containing data, including any photo. Any remaining pairs of matching cards are presented as candidate duplicates for manual treatment. It can automatically delete all cards that have equivalent or less information than some matching one. The Duplicate Contacts Manager searches address books for pairs of matching contact entries, also known as cards.

One can also customize the ' Toolbar' of the ' Address Book' window with a ' Find Duplicates' button. Please report any issues on After installation, this add-on can be invoked via the ' Tools->Duplicate Contacts Manager.' menu entry. This Thunderbird extension facilitates handling of redundant entries in address books.