MailNews:Address Book Native Formats
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Address Book currently uses the MailNews mork format (*.mab). This has its limitations and we are considering rewriting the storage system for local address books to an improved format.
Here are some possibilities (from what I've seen in bugs and discussions on IRC):
- sqlite
- vcard based
- xml based
In due course we want to have the pros and cons for each of the formats and why some may be more suitable than others. So if you can think of a suitable format (for local storage), please add it to the list. Note that interfacing formats can be found under MailNews:Address Book Interface Formats.
--Standard8 14:09, 8 Sep 2005 (PDT)