[ale] OT: e-mail address migration and LDAP format

[Ronald Chmara]

On Jan 9, 2004, at 4:59 AM, John Mills wrote:
> ALErs -
>
> Context: I am moving a friend's e-mail from Win98SE to Mac OS-X using 
> the
> native Mac OS-X e-mail reader.
>
> Problem: e-mail application can import mailing lists in standard LDAP
> format, ILDP or a similar name (sorry - I failed to note exactly).

vCards?

>  Outlook
> Depress only exports its address book as 'csv' or an Ms Exchange 
> format -
> neither recognized by OS-X's 'Address Book' app.
>
> Status: I captured a 'csv' copy which opens just fine in Linux 
> spreadsheet
> apps, and I can save the file in typical spreadsheet formats, including
> something called 'interchange data format'.
>
> Can someone suggest a path from here to ILDP/LDAP format?

Most ldap migration toolkits (for example, redhat's) have basic scripts 
for parsing out other data formats and creating LDIF's, you might use 
those as a starting point, or just write your own with perl (or find 
someone else's). It's a pretty standard task, so you should be able to 
find a few tools and customize from there.

-Bop