Roundcube webmail includes tools to import and export address books, allowing you to move contacts between accounts or create local backups of your contact data.
Accessing the Contacts section
Contact management is handled inside the Roundcube interface.
- Log in to Roundcube webmail.
- Faire un clic Contacts in the top navigation.
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Roundcube is commonly available on standard cPanel hosting environments.
Importing contacts into Roundcube
You can import contacts from supported address book files.
- Open Contacts in Roundcube.
- Cliquez sur le Import icône.
- Faire un clic Choose Files and select the contacts file from your computer.
- Optionally enable Replace the entire address book to overwrite existing contacts.
- Faire un clic Import to start the process.
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After completion, the imported contacts appear in your address book.
Exporting contacts from Roundcube
Roundcube allows exporting contacts as VCF files for portability.
- Open Contacts in Roundcube.
- Click the arrow next to Export.
- Choose one of the following options:
- Export all to download the full address book
- Export selected to download only highlighted contacts
- Save the VCF file to your local computer.
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Backup and portability considerations
Regularly exporting contacts provides an extra layer of protection and simplifies migration between mail services. For accounts with larger mail data sets or frequent migrations, infrastructure such as serveurs cloud can offer greater flexibility. Enhanced mail management and filtering solutions like SpamExperts can also be used alongside Roundcube to improve overall email handling.