Tickets :: Comment on [#1892] Data import doesn't check for duplicate entries

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Comment	> When importing data, no duplicate check occurs. As a result, if > importing from multiple disparate data sources, its possible to > quickly obtain many identical entires in your addressbook. Contact > lists have the potential to get really messed up, because only one > entry exists in the contact list but you have no way of knowing which > addressbook entry it corresponds to and you may inadvertently delete > the wrong one, if you decided to clean up your addressbook and remove > duplicates. > > > > The contacts API call from IMP, for adding an entry to the > addressbook from the headers of a message, does this check (single > entry only). This patch attempts to mimic that same behavior by > checking for the existence of the value in the addressbook. > > > > Room for improvement - pluck the entry that is a duplicate out of the > import file and display the email address or name to the person > importing the entry, instead of "Already exists". Its too late for > me to figure out how to do that.
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