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Old 12-21-2005, 11:36 AM
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Default Import Contacts

(Zimbra Network M2 on FC4)
Is there a special format for the contact import file? I assumed that it was a CSV, so I exported from Thunderbird, but when I import to Zimbra, I get an error:

A network service error has occurred.

msg - system failure: java.lang.NullPointerException
com.zimbra.cs.service.ServiceException: system failure: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.zimbra.cs.service.ServiceException.FAILURE(Ser viceException.java:99)
at com.zimbra.soap.SoapEngine.dispatchRequest(SoapEng ine.java:260)
at com.zimbra.soap.SoapEngine.dispatch(SoapEngine.jav a:163)
at com.zimbra.soap.SoapEngine.dispatch(SoapEngine.jav a:84)
at com.zimbra.soap.SoapServlet.doPost(SoapServlet.jav a:226)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:709)
at com.zimbra.cs.servlet.ZimbraServlet.service(Zimbra Servlet.java:148)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:802)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.in ternalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.do Filter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invo ke(StandardWrapperValve.java:214)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invo ke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke( StandardHostValve.java:126)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke (ErrorReportValve.java:105)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invok e(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(A ccessLogValve.java:526)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.servic e(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(H ttp11Processor.java:825)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11Conn ectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.jav a:738)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.process Socket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:526)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThr ead.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlR unnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.zimbra.cs.mailbox.ContactCSV.initFields(Contac tCSV.java:440)
at com.zimbra.cs.mailbox.ContactCSV.getContactsIntern al(ContactCSV.java:546)
at com.zimbra.cs.mailbox.ContactCSV.getContacts(Conta ctCSV.java:571)
at com.zimbra.cs.service.mail.ImportContacts.handle(I mportContacts.java:73)
at com.zimbra.soap.SoapEngine.dispatchRequest(SoapEng ine.java:249)
... 21 more

code - service.FAILURE
method - ZmCsfeCommand.prototype.invoke
detail - soap:Receiver


A line from the CSV file looks like (slightly edited):
Sam,Hunter,Sam Hunter,,shunter@xxxxxxxxx.com,,(xxx) xxx-xxxx,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,


Am I doing something wrong here? I have tried this in both FF1.5 and IE.

thanks,

Sam

Quote:
Originally Posted by dkarp
Contacts generally aren't surfaced via IMAP, so imapsync won't work for migrating them. But you probably can export your contacts as a .csv file and import that file into Zimbra. To do the Zimbra import, in the Zimbra Web UI go to Options > Contacts > Import.
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