How to Export Contacts from the Mozilla Thunderbird or Netscape Address Book

You have all your email addresses and the contact details of your friends, colleagues, business partners, family, customers, mechanics and who not in Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla or Netscape. That's great — until you need to have them elsewhere.

Fortunately, Mozilla and Netscape make it fairly easy to export your address book to a format that many (if not most) other email programs and services understand. It's a rudimentary and crude format, but it works.

Export Contacts from the Mozilla Thunderbird or Netscape Address Book

To export your Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla or Netscape Address Book:

• ›› Step by Step Screenshot Walkthrough

• Select Window | Address Book from the menu.
• Highlight the desired address book in the Address Books list.
  • If you are not sure which to select, choose Personal Address Book.
• Select Tools | Export... from the menu.
• Make sure Comma Separated (*.csv) is set under Format:.
• Choose a location (your Desktop, for example) and file name.
• Click Save.